{"id":4638,"date":"2018-05-27T00:01:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-27T06:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4638"},"modified":"2018-05-26T11:37:23","modified_gmt":"2018-05-26T17:37:23","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-588-featuring-elly-mackay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4638","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #588: Featuring Elly MacKay"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Red sky at night, sailor’s delight.”<\/em>
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\nI’ve a review over at BookPage<\/em> of Elly MacKay’s<\/a><\/strong> Red Sky at Night<\/em> (Tundra, May 2018). That is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Today at 7-Imp, I’ve got some of MacKay’s paper dioramas from the book. <\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n


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“When the dew is on the grass,
no rain will come to pass.”<\/em>
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“When the wind is from the West,
then the fishes bite the best.”<\/em>
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“Yellow streaks in a sunset sky,
wind and daylong rain are nigh.”<\/em>
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“Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning!”<\/em>
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\nRED SKY AT NIGHT. Text and illustrations copyright \u00a9 2018 by Elly MacKay. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Tundra Books.<\/em><\/p>\n

Note for any new readers: 7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks is a weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. New kickers are always welcome.<\/p>\n

* * * Jules’ Kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font>
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1)<\/strong><\/font> School’s out for my girls!<\/p>\n

2)<\/strong><\/font> Neko’s NYT interview<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

3)<\/strong><\/font> Courtney Barnett’s<\/a><\/strong> new album. <\/p>\n

4)<\/strong><\/font> And then seeing Courtney Barnett cover a song I love:
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