Trigger warnings for discussion of rape and suicide. When she was eight years old, Dina […]
The Sweetest Fruits, by Monique Truong
At one point in Monique Truong’s novel, The Sweetest Fruits, one of the narrators tells […]
The Messenger of Athens, by Anne Zouroudi
Trigger warning for domestic violence. If it weren’t for the helicopter in the book’s prologue, […]
Mothers, by Chris Power
The short stories in Chris Power’s collection, Mothers, range across the world, from Sweden to Mexico. […]
Lament from Epirus, by Christopher C. King
Years ago, I read a long essay by John Jeremiah Sullivan about his discovery of […]
A Separation, by Katie Kitamura
As a translator, the narrator of Katie Kitamura’s complex examination of a dead marriage, A Separation, […]
My Last Lament, by James William Brown
Aliki’s tragic life seems appropriate for a professional lamenter. We learn about her life as […]
At Twilight They Return, by Zyranna Zateli
Zyranna Zateli’s meandering collection of tales, At Twilight They Return (translated by David Connolly), reminds me […]