I’ve never had a chance to use this word in earnest, but I’m glad that […]
The King of Infinite Space, by Lindsay Faye
I’ve never liked Hamlet, and yet, I find that I really like retellings of the […]
Something Wild, by Hannah Halperin
Trigger warning for domestic violence. Hannah Halperin’s novel, Something Wild, centers on need: the need […]
Strange Beasts of China, by Yan Ge
Yan Ge’s Strange Beasts of China (translated by Jeremy Tiang) is a strange trip. A […]
Agatha of Little Neon, by Claire Luchette
Agatha of Little Neon, by Claire Luchette, is a curious and thoughtful book. It is […]
A Passage North, by Anuk Arudpragasam
A Passage North, by Anuk Arudpragasam, breaks a lot of the “rules” of fiction. There […]
Intimacies, by Katie Kitamura
At one point in Intimacies, by Katie Kitamura, the protagonist describes her job as an […]
Will, by Jeroen Olyslaegers
Jeroen Olyslaeger’s Will presents a complicated portrait of a man who was caught between the […]
Light Perpetual, by Francis Spufford
For me, reading Francis Spufford’s Light Perpetual, was a strange juggling act. On the one […]
The Touch System, by Alejandra Costamanga
The touch typing system—the namesake of Alejandra Costamanga’s The Touch System (translated by Lisa Dillman)—involves […]