Teresa Solana’s collection, The First Prehistoric Serial Killer and Other Stories, is one that rewards readers who […]
John Woman, by Walter Mosley
The eponymous professor in Walter Mosley’s John Woman is the kind of academic that infuriates people. […]
Ohio, by Stephen Markley
Trigger warning for rape. Stephen Markley’s Ohio is a novel grows ever more devastating the deeper we […]
The Mars Room, by Rachel Kushner
What do we do with people who break laws? If they’re in America, they’re thrown […]
Babylon, by Yasmina Reza
There are several variations of this old saying, but that all go something to the […]
The Third Hotel, by Laura van den Berg
Grief makes people act strangely, especially when someone has lost someone very close to them. […]
The Question of Red, by Laksmi Pamuntjak
I don’t know why parents name their children after tragic figures from history, literature, or […]
The Incendiaries, by R.O. Kwon
Trigger warning for rape. The Incendiaries, by R.O. Kwon, is a story of boy meets […]
Concerto in Chroma Major, by Naomi Tajedler
Sometimes, after all the grim things I read, a simpler book with a happy ending […]
The Last Cruise, by Kate Christensen
Traveling is a strange experience. Travelers are between places. They’re in a pause. Their lives […]