In Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice, Mary Fulbrook concentrates on the […]
A Bookish Confession
Ariel Zeitlin recently posted for Reader’s Digest a list of 10 books* people lie about reading. […]
A Double Life, by Flynn Berry
Flynn Berry’s A Double Life is based on the unsolved mystery of Lord Lucan, who was accused […]
Gone So Long, by Andre Dubus III
Some actions are unforgivable. Though our Western culture is steeped in a religion that exhorts […]
Hag, by Kathleen Kaufman
The women in Alice Grace Kyles’ family have always been considered odd. They have special […]
This week on the bookish internet
I love it when people write about what would be in their personal literary canon, […]
The Way of All Flesh, by Ambrose Parry
I prefer to read about new detectives rather than the polished kind of the classic […]
Moon of the Crusted Snow, by Waubgeshig Rice
These days, most of us live lives almost completely divorced from the hard, unpredictable work […]
The Afterlife of Kenzaburo Tsuruda, by Elisabeth Wilkins Lombardo
Content warning for rape. Every culture has its stories and rituals for death. In The Afterlife […]