I’m a major fan of unreliable narrators; I’ve sung their praises for years to anyone […]
Do Tell, by Lindsay Lynch
Trigger warning to references to sexual assault. Before the studio system was broken up by […]
The Brides of High Hill, by Nghi Vo
Cleric Chih returns in The Brides of High Hill, Nghi Vo’s fifth entry in the […]
Commonplace Book: March 2024
From Alexander Pushkin, as quoted by Anna Aslanyan: “Translators are stage horses of enlightenment.” From […]
Daughters of Shandong, by Eve J. Chung
Human rights lawyer Eve J. Chung draws inspiration from her family’s history to tell the […]
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins, by P. Djèlà Clark
There are very clear rules about being an assassin and Eveen the Eviscerator (it was […]
Books That Baffled Me
Since I read Helen Oyeyemi’s newest book, Parasol Against the Axe, I’ve been recalling books […]