I’ve been chasing the high of reading Angela Carter’s collection, The Bloody Chamber, ever since I […]
The Bear and the Nightingale, by Katherine Arden
In The Bear and the Nightingale, by Katherine Arden, creatures and characters from Russian folklore barge […]
The Devourers, by Indra Das
Alok shouldn’t trust the stranger he meets at a baul (a musical performance by Bengali […]
Little Nothing, by Marisa Silver
There’s nothing wrong with Pavla. Rather, there’s a problem with everyone who meets her in […]
What is Not Yours is Not Yours, by Helen Oyeyemi
I’ve been a fan of Helen Oyeyemi since I discovered Mr. Fox a couple of years ago. […]
Uprooted, by Naomi Novik
Every now and then, I get a book that has all the things I’ve wanted […]
The Rabbit Back Literature Society, by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
I imagine that authors dread the question “Where do you get your ideas?” as much […]