Thanks to a read along on Bluesky, I finally finished Joseph Heller’s madcap satire, Catch-22. […]
Fundamentally, by Nussaibah Younis
There are many ways to deal with a breakup—moving far away, hooking up with strangers, […]
Heart Sutra, by Yan Lianke
Trigger warning for self-harm and sexual assault. Yahui was found on the doorstep of a […]
The Evening Hero, by Marie Myung-Ok Lee
After the rural Minnesotan hospital where Youngman Kwak works closes, he no longer has work […]
Man’s 4th Best Hospital, by Samuel Shem
I don’t think that anyone would argue that America’s health system is dangerous, inequitable, and […]
The Shakespeare Requirement, by Julie Schumacher
For a while, we got a lot of students at our library who wanted to […]
The Queue, by Basma Abdel Aziz
The government of an unnamed country has come to a complete standstill in Basma Abdel […]
Three short epilogues by Jesse Baruffi
After I read (and gushed about)Â Otto von Trapezoid and the Empress of Thieves by Jesse […]
Otto von Trapezoid and the Empress of Thieves, by Jesse Baruffi
After the emotional pummeling I took from Atticus Lish’s Preparation for the Next Life, I needed […]
The Vatican Cellars, by André Gide
Why do we behave the way that we do? Psychologists would argue about nature versus […]