China – A Bookish Type

Harbour of Hungry Ghosts, by Eliza Chan

Au Kiamling may be one of the most stubborn characters I’ve ever encountered in fiction. […]

From The Language of Liars, by S.L. Huang: Their learning at the Warren stressed it […]

Trigger warning for rape, mutilation, and slavery. The little bit of magic held by Young-ja’s […]

Comedy is hard. It requires timing, the ability to spin stories, and a gift for […]

Daniel Lohr is a cautious man for three reasons. First, his criminal uncle taught him […]

Human rights lawyer Eve J. Chung draws inspiration from her family’s history to tell the […]

Trigger warning for self-harm and sexual assault. Yahui was found on the doorstep of a […]

Trigger warning for rape. Shelley Parker-Chan concludes her fantastical account of the meteoric rise of […]

There are some stories that are just so good that, even centuries later, we still […]

Years ago, I read Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning; Frankl’s thesis has never left […]