Some Palestinians refer to 1948 as al-Nakbah, “the Catastrophe.” That was the year Israel became […]
My Last Lament, by James William Brown
Aliki’s tragic life seems appropriate for a professional lamenter. We learn about her life as […]
The Last Bell, by Johannes Urzidil
Pushkin Press continues to do sterling work by retranslating and republishing European fiction with Johannes […]
Parnassus on Wheels, by Christopher Morley
Christopher Morley’s Parnassus on Wheels is a delightful novella about two oddballs who fall in love over […]
Long Black Veil, by Jennifer Finney Boylan
Jennifer Finney Boylan’s Long Black Veil begins like many other “awful thing happens to a group […]
Winter Tide, by Ruthanna Emrys
Though I haven’t read any of his stories myself, I can understand why Lovecraft‘s Cthulu […]
The Gargoyle Hunters, by John Freeman Gill
1974 is a hard year for Griffin Watts. His parents have split up and they […]
The Girl from Rawblood, by Catriona Ward
Some families describe their histories as haunted due to wars, famines, and other traumas. But […]
Blitzed, by Norman Ohler
As a reader of nonfiction, I tend to return to the same subjects over and […]
Joy in the Morning, by P.G. Wodehouse
Of course, yesterday’s post doesn’t mean that I won’t indulge in a literary escape or […]