It’s rare to find a book that is not only a book that needs to […]
Do Not Say We Have Nothing, by Madeleine Thien
The Japanese proverb, “The nail that sticks out shall be hammered down,” kept popping into […]
The Epiphany Machine, by David Burr Gerrard
Along with the quest to find one’s purpose in life, the next biggest challenge a […]
The Veins of the Ocean, by Patricia Engel
Most of the reviews and summaries I’ve seen for Patricia Engel’s The Veins of the Ocean […]
Mãn, by Kim Thúy
There are some writers who make me think of the way painters work more than anything […]
The Orchardist, by Amanda Coplin
So many novels and movies end with whoever needs to be saved, saved. The bad […]
The Trees, by Ali Shaw
Some people need a catalyst to spur them to become who they were always meant […]
The Ferryman Institute, by Colin Gigl
Charlie Dawson is a legend at the office but, after two hundred fifty years of […]
The Conjoined, by Jen Sookfong Lee
Coming to terms with a parent’s death is difficult enough, but Jen Sookfong Lee threw […]
Mr. Eternity, by Aaron Thier
Being a literature major and librarian has given me a more-than-healthy skepticism about what I […]