Ashoke Mukhopadhyay’s A Ballad of Remittent Fever is a remarkable book that manages the difficult […]
Shanghai, by Joseph Kanon
Daniel Lohr is a cautious man for three reasons. First, his criminal uncle taught him […]
This Country is No Longer Yours, by Avik Jain Chatlani
Trigger warnings for animal cruelty and references to rape. In 1980, the Sendero Luminoso (Shining […]
The White Lady, by Jacqueline Winspear
Linni de Witt is supposed to be retired. She’s definitely earned it, since she worked […]
Commonplace Book: April 2024
Benjamin Dreyer, on Bluesky: I don’t mean to be controversial, but words have meaning, and […]
Love is a Burning Thing, by Nina St. Pierre
The way we grow up sets our definitions of what “normal” is. Childhood prepares us […]
Black Sheep, by Rachel Harrison
There’s a floating aphorism about everyone fighting a battle we know nothing about. This has […]