Anyone familiar with myth knows that names have power. If you know the true name […]
Concerto in Chroma Major, by Naomi Tajedler
Sometimes, after all the grim things I read, a simpler book with a happy ending […]
The Merry Spinster, by Daniel Mallory Ortberg
I’ve been chasing the high of reading Angela Carter’s collection, The Bloody Chamber, ever since I […]
Confessions of the Fox, by Jordy Rosenberg
Confessions of the Fox, by Jordy Rosenberg, is a very sneaky book. It begins as […]
The Great Believers, by Rebecca Makkai
The protagonists of Rebecca Makkai’s terrifyingly sad novel, The Great Believers, Fiona and Yale, are trapped […]
All the Perverse Angels, by Sarah K. Marr
A cottage in the Cotswolds seems like the perfect place for Anna to recuperate from […]
Disoriental, by Négar Djavadi
At the beginning of Disoriental, by Négar Djavadi and translated by Tina Kover, we sit down in the […]
The Hope and Anchor, by Julia Kite
Neely and Andrea are linked by one woman that they love, but don’t actually know. […]
The Last Watchman of Cairo, by Michael David Lukas
Joseph, like many other literary sons, only really learns who his father is after his […]