Trigger warnings for references to incest and child sexual abuse. Harlen LeBlanc is a haunted […]
The Cloisters, by Katy Hays
I felt uneasy within the first pages of The Cloisters, by Katy Hays. That feeling […]
Our Missing Hearts, by Celeste Ng
Celeste Ng’s magnificent, devasting novel, Our Missing Hearts, is the perfect book for our times, […]
Daughters of the New Year, by E.M. Tran
Xuan would be first in line to argue back with Cassius of Julius Caesar, who […]
Outlawed, by Anna North
Although biology and societal convention push Ada into it, she is really not cut out […]
Ghost Eaters, by Clay McLeod Chapman
Grief is one of the hardest things we can go through. We have to find […]
Two Nurses, Smoking, by David Means
In Two Nurses, Smoking, David Means presents us with a series of moments, captured by […]
We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies, by Tsering Yangzom Lama
There are (at least) two different histories of the land we know as Tibet, depending […]
We Carry Their Bones, by Erin Kimmerle
Trigger warning for extreme child abuse and murder. Before it closed in 2011, the Arthur […]
Mercury Pictures Presents, by Anthony Marra
I’ve come to expect great things of Anthony Marra, after being absolutely blown away by […]