So much of fiction centers on a single protagonist, maybe two, and a relatively small […]
Purple Lotus, by Veena Rao
Trigger warning for domestic violence. Veena Rao’s Purple Lotus is the story of a woman’s […]
Five Wives, by Joan Thomas
Like many works of historical fiction, Five Wives by Joan Thomas takes a real event […]
Payback, by Mary Gordon
Trigger warning for rape. Now that I think about it, I’m hard-pressed to say whether […]
Against the Loveless World, by Susan Abulhawa
Trigger warning for rape and anti-Semitism. Everything is political. Some of us are lucky enough […]
The Standardization of Demoralization Procedures, by Jennifer Hofmann
On the surface, the absurd and the surreal seem self-indulgent. Works in this group are […]
Seven, by Farzana Doctor
Trigger warning for discussion of female genital mutilation. Sharifa is an Indian American. Like many […]
Nightshade, by Annalena McAfee
Annalena McAfee returns with another tale of liars and artists in Nightshade, after 2017’s Hame. […]
Mother Land, by Leah Franqui
Rachel faces a fate feared by many women around the world. Shortly after Leah Franqui’s […]
Inheritors, by Asako Serizawa
Asako Serizawa’s Inheritors tells the story of a Japanese family caught up in history and […]