The first thing I do when I start writing a book review is to categorize […]
The Witch’s Market, by Mingmei Yip
I always struggle writing review books that left me with a profound feeling of meh. […]
Woman with a Blue Pencil, by Gordon McAlpine
One won’t get hard into Gordon McAlpine’s Woman with a Blue Pencil before it becomes clear […]
Everything I Never Told You, by Celeste Ng
It finally happened. My book group picked a book that made me want to ugly-cry. […]
A Short History of Women, by Kate Walbert
I am lucky in the way that the women in Kate Walbert’s A Short History of […]
Inside the Head of Bruno Schulz, by Maxim Biller
What would the inside of a writer’s mind look like? I’ve had this thought before, […]
The Mystics of Mile End, by Sigal Samuel
It’s not often that a man’s children rebel against him by turning to religion. It’s […]
The Gap of Time, by Jeanette Winterson
I went to sleep last night thinking about Lear, Othello, and Leontes. Not having read […]
The Tsar of Love and Techno, by Anthony Marra
I’ve been waiting for something new from Anthony Marra since 2013, when A Constellation of Vital […]
Gnomon, by Luchia Dertien
What does one do when one is in love with the world’s most beloved terrorist? […]