Adjei-Brenyah lays out the many ways the enlightened interact with a broken world: they laugh, cry, shake their fists at it, or remain indifferent.
Review: The Witch Elm by Tana French
Tana French's The Witch Elm gives rise to real questions about identity, the nature of self-perception, and the limitations of being in your own head.
Review: The Shell Game Edited by Kim Adrian
If good creative writing sparks the instinct to write, The Shell Game provides ample embers to inspire a wide range of writers.
Review: Deviation by Luce D’Eramo, Translated by Anne Milano Appel
Luce D'Eramo's Deviation constitutes an invaluable insight on memory, trauma, and repression in the context of life-writing.
Review: Transcription by Kate Atkinson
Kate Atkinson's latest novel follows protagonist Juliet as she transcribes documents during World War II and is swept into a high-tension waiting game.
Review: Lake Success by Gary Shteyngart
Gary Shteyngart's newest novel Lake Success serves as a vivid, colorful pastoral of America in all its glamour and blemishes.
Review: Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini
Sea Prayer is a marvel for both its lyricism and its brevity, its ability to span generations and touch multiple narratives in such little space.
Review: Call Them by Their True Names by Rebecca Solnit
In her new collection, Rebecca Solnit bravely tackles the American crises that imperil our humanity as well as our survival.
Review: The Final Voicemails by Max Ritvo
Ritvo refuses to wade with us in our fruitless investigation of life's meaning. Instead, he gives us poetry: affirming, beautiful, and mortal.
Review: The Golden State by Lydia Kiesling
In The Golden State, protagonist Daphne's choice speaks to a thought many toy with: how dangerously easy it would be to abandon everything.
Review: The Dark Interval by Rainer Maria Rilke, Translated by Ulrich Baer
The Dark Interval is a collection of letters from Rainer Maria Rilke to bereaved acquaintances.
Review: Alien Virus Love Disaster by Abbey Mei Otis
The twelve tales in Abbey Mei Otis's short story collection lure you in with the fantastic and surreal.