I arrived back home on Monday after just over a week on my very first […]
The Heart in Winter, by Kevin Barry
Late in Kevin Barry’s amazing novel, The Heart in Winter, rumors start to race around […]
House of Shades, by Lianne Dillsworth
Beggars can’t be choosers. Neither can women doctors in 1833, apparently. Protagonist Hester Reeves agrees […]
Commonplace Book: May 2024
Krista Koeller reflects on her family history on Bluesky: This woman has the same eyebrow […]
Navola, by Paolo Bacigalupi
Trigger warning for maiming. The Regulai name is legendary. Davico di Regulai’s ancestors include warriors, […]
The Undermining of Twyla and Frank, by Megan Bannen
It’s rare (so rare that I can’t think of another example) that I read a […]
Lessons from science fiction for the AI hype
The people I follow on Bluesky have been having a gleeful week making fun of […]
What They Said About Luisa, by Erika Rummel
In a short note at the beginning of Erika Rummel’s fascinating novel, What They Said […]
The Mirror of Simple Souls, by Aline Kiner
Trigger warning for references to rape. Life for medieval women in Western Europe was supposed […]