After the heavy reading I’ve been doing lately, I needed something a bit lighter. A […]
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, by Michelle McNamara
Traditionally, true crime follows a chronology that covers the history of a series of crimes. […]
Among the Lost, by Emiliano Monge
Trigger warning for references to rape and torture. Emiliano Monge’s Among the Lost (solidly translated […]
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Lorraine Berry shares the history of one of the original bibliomaniacs: Thomas Frognall Dibdin. (The […]
Over Seas of Memory, by Michaël Ferrier
Author Michaël Ferrier’s grandfather is a mystery. All the family knows, a scant two generations […]
Last Day, by Domenica Ruta
On the night of May 27-May 28 on an alternate earth, people around the world […]
Let’s Pretend this Never Happened, by Jenny Lawson
Jenny Lawson has a strange brain. Some readers may be familiar with her odd thoughts […]
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Timothy Yu reports on the reaction to “Instagram poets,” who seem to be annoying the […]
Beautiful Revolutionary, by Laura Elizabeth Woollett
Like Laura Elizabeth Woollett, the author of Beautiful Revolutionary, I am fascinated by the story […]
Into the Jungle, by Erica Ferencik
Lily has escaped her life as a foster child by moving to Bolivia, the homeland […]