I finished reading Pola Oloixarac’s Dark Constellations (translated by Roy Kesey) a few hours ago […]
Intertextual Time Travel
Last week, I wrote a two parter about The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri, and “The […]
Princess Bari, by Hwang Sok-yong
Trigger warning for rape. For a girl born in North Korea, the protagonist of Princess […]
Old Baggage, by Lissa Evans
For most of her life, Matilda Simpkin has fought for women’s rights, especially the right […]
The Binding, by Bridget Collins
Trigger warning for rape. The idea of a technology that can remove unwanted memories is […]
This week on the bookish internet
This exhibit of miniature books is adorable and amazing all at the same time. (New […]
The Ash Family, by Molly Dektar
Berie is one of the most emotionally defenseless people I’ve ever read about. She is […]
A People’s History of Heaven, by Mathangi Subramanian
In the 2010s, another movement to clear (read: demolish) slums in and around Bangalore, India. […]
The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted, by Robert Hillman
Tom Hope is a good man. He is kind. He is reliable. Unfortunately, he is […]
The Namesake, Part II; Or, Gogol’s Overcoat
After I finished reading The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri, I pulled my copy of the collected […]