In April of 2011, northern Japan suffered a trio of disasters. A massive offshore earthquake […]
Sugar Run, by Mesha Maren
It is difficult, if not impossible, for newly released convicts to get back on their […]
Ghost Wall, by Sarah Moss
Trigger warning for domestic abuse. For most us, the closest we get to putting ourselves […]
The Woman Who Fed the Dogs, by Kristien Hemmerechts
Trigger warning for rape and domestic abuse. Odette tells us at the beginning of Kristien […]
The Brahmadells, by Jóanes Nielsen
Imagine a triangle with its points in Iceland, Norway, and Scotland, skewed a little closer […]
The Master Butchers Singing Club, by Louise Erdrich
While most of Louise Erdrich’s works center on Midwestern Ojibwe life, The Master Butchers Singing Club takes […]
The Book Hunters of Katpadi, by Pradeep Sebastian
In Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Kayal and her boss, Neela, have created a bibliophilic paradise in […]
One Part Woman, by Perumal Murugan
For a long time and in many places (and still is in many places) the […]
White Hunger, by Aki Ollikainen
Trigger warning for rape. After reading White Hunger, by Aki Ollikainen and translated with only a […]
The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro
The phrase “to know one’s place” never fails to raise my hackles. It’s so often […]