One of the most repeated pieces of anecdata I hear in higher education is that […]
Famous Men Who Never Lived, by K Chess
The plight of a refugee is never easy. Uprooting oneself and family, fighting red tape […]
Mother Country, by Irina Reyn
Trigger warning for rape. What should a mother do? Everyone has ideas about this, even […]
The Ghost Notebooks, by Ben Dolnick
Trigger warning for suicide. In upstate New York is the home of an obscure American philosopher who went […]
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls, by Anissa Gray
In Anissa Gray’s devastating novel, The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls, the fact that the matriarch of the family and […]
In the Dark, by Cara Hunter
In the Dark is the second novel in Cara Hunter’s DI Adam Fawley series, but […]
Arabian Journey, by Levison Wood
I’ve realized that I have a deep love of nonfiction accounts of amazing, slightly-crazy journeys. […]
Here and Now and Then, by Mike Chen
The wonderfully gripping novel, Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen, opens with one of the worst moments […]
Sourdough, by Robin Sloan
Food is life. Food can also be a joy. Sourdough, by Robin Sloan, tells us […]
Mothers, by Chris Power
The short stories in Chris Power’s collection, Mothers, range across the world, from Sweden to Mexico. […]