Trigger warning for domestic violence and rape. There is a house in Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York, […]
Weather, by Jenny Offill
I understand the fuss about Jenny Offill now. Weather is an amazing work of fiction […]
Savage Feast, by Boris Fishman
My favorite kind of family memoir is one that is as much about food as […]
The Majesties, by Tiffany Tsao
At the outset of Tiffany Tsao’s The Majesties, Doll Worono has suffered a nearly instantaneous […]
A Ladder to the Sky, by John Boyne
It’s not enough for a writer to have a way with words, dedication, and “a […]
Father of Lions, by Louise Callaghan
Trigger warning for cruelty to animals. In my country, the word zoo conjures up images […]
Night Theater, by Vikram Paralkar
There are many kinds of desperation on display in Vikram Paralkar’s affecting novel, Night Theater. […]
Salvage the Bones, by Jesmyn Ward
In Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, the Batiste family is lurching through life. Ever since the children’s […]
Highway of Tears, by Jessica McDiarmid
Since the 1970s, thousands of Indigenous teenaged girls and women along Highway 16 in British […]
The Dead Girls Club, by Damien Angelica Walters
Heather Cole has used the time since her best friend died at age 12 to […]