Susan Nordin Vinocour, in her personal and legal history of the insanity defense Nobody’s Child, […]
The Cassandra, by Sharma Shields
Trigger warning for rape and self-harm. Mildred Groves lives through a modern version of a […]
Conjure Women, by Afia Atakora
Trigger warning for rape. There can’t be many things more frustrating than people who can’t […]
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
It’s strangely fitting to have read Beloved, Toni Morrison’s stunning novel, in the week after […]
The Night Watchman, by Louise Erdrich
Who is a Native American? What does it mean to be a member of a […]
Eight Perfect Murders, by Peter Swanson
Like many things in literature, the definition of “perfect murder” is a little wobbly. It […]
The Imperial Wife, by Irina Reyn
I supposed that most women will come off the worse when compared to Catherine the […]
The Words Between Us, by Erin Bartels
Robin has been in hiding since she was fifteen years old. When her father was […]
Mercy House, by Alena Dillon
Trigger warning for domestic violence and rape. There is a house in Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York, […]
Weather, by Jenny Offill
I understand the fuss about Jenny Offill now. Weather is an amazing work of fiction […]