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Review: Follower becomes stalker in Sheena Patel's 'tough-to-look-away-from' 'I'm a Fan'
FICTION: Debut novel explores the jittery, feel-bad vibes of trying to be an artist in an unjust and materialistic world.
August 31, 2023
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'Owlish' is a contemporary fable that feels like a vivid dream
FICTION: Dorothy Tse's novel is a beautifully strange critique of contemporary Hong Kong.
June 2, 2023
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Review: 'Forbidden Notebook' by Alba de Céspedes, translated from Italian by Ann Goldstein
FICTION: Alba de Céspedes chronicles a 1950s Italian housewife's entry into disturbing self-awareness by way of a whim to begin keeping a diary.
January 27, 2023
Migration Catchall
Review: 'Marshmallow Clouds,' by Connie Wanek and Ted Kooser
POETRY: A book to ignite a love of poetry and nature in young readers.
December 15, 2022
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Review: 'The Presence of Absence,' by Simon Van Booy
FICTION: Simon Van Booy uses a simple story about an author telling a story to explore the anything-but-simple process of telling a story.
December 9, 2022
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Review: 'Compass,' by Murray Lee
FICTION: Murray Lee draws on his experiences in the Arctic to tell a critically comedic story about a bumbling would-be adventurer trapped on a drifting ice floe.
September 30, 2022
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Review: 'A Tale of Five Cities and Other Memoirs,' by Joyce Elbert
NONFICTION: The unjustly neglected Joyce Elbert reminiscences about being a woman novelist in a man's world.
August 12, 2022
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Review: 'Farewell Transmission,' by Will McGrath
NONFICTION: In "Farewell Transmission," Will McGrath offers globetrotting essays on obscure lives and furtive vocations, alerting readers to secrets without and within.
August 5, 2022
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Review: 'The Presence of Absence,' by Simon Van Booy
FICTION: Simon Van Booy uses a simple story about an author telling a story to explore the anything-but-simple process of telling a story.
December 9, 2022
Books
Review: 'Compass,' by Murray Lee
FICTION: Murray Lee draws on his experiences in the Arctic to tell a critically comedic story about a bumbling would-be adventurer trapped on a drifting ice floe.
September 30, 2022
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Review: 'A Tale of Five Cities and Other Memoirs,' by Joyce Elbert
NONFICTION: The unjustly neglected Joyce Elbert reminiscences about being a woman novelist in a man's world.
August 12, 2022
Books
Review: 'Farewell Transmission,' by Will McGrath
NONFICTION: In "Farewell Transmission," Will McGrath offers globetrotting essays on obscure lives and furtive vocations, alerting readers to secrets without and within.
August 5, 2022