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Book Review / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction Posted on: September 29, 2022

The Censor’s Notebook, by Liliana Corobca

It isn’t until nearly the end of Liliana Corobca’s semi-experimental novel, The Censor’s Notebook, that […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction Posted on: September 9, 2022September 9, 2022

Daughters of the New Year, by E.M. Tran

Xuan would be first in line to argue back with Cassius of Julius Caesar, who […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction Posted on: August 30, 2022August 30, 2022

All Your Children, Scattered, by Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse

Between April 7 and July 15, 1994, hundreds of thousands of Tutsis and Twa people […]

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Book Review / Literary Fiction / Mystery Posted on: August 24, 2022

Notes on an Execution, by Danya Kukafka

The first pages of Danya Kukafka’s unsettling novel, Notes on an Execution, set the stage […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction Posted on: August 12, 2022

Days Come and Go, by Hemley Boum

Trigger warnings for brief depictions of domestic violence and rape. Some families seem cursed. Whether […]

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Book Review / Literary Fiction / Short Stories Posted on: August 10, 2022

Two Nurses, Smoking, by David Means

In Two Nurses, Smoking, David Means presents us with a series of moments, captured by […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction Posted on: July 22, 2022

Witches, by Brenda Lozano

Trigger warning for rape, anti-LGBTQ+ prejudice, and interpersonal violence. There are so many things we […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction Posted on: July 12, 2022July 12, 2022

We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies, by Tsering Yangzom Lama

There are (at least) two different histories of the land we know as Tibet, depending […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction Posted on: July 6, 2022

A Map for the Missing, by Belinda Huijuan Tang

When he gets the call that his father is missing, Yitian hasn’t been back to […]

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Book Review / Contemporary Fantasy / Literary Fiction Posted on: May 26, 2022

Nuclear Family, by Joseph Han

It’s easy to mistake stability for coasting and it’s pretty clear from the beginning of […]

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