Comedian Cameron Esposito’s new book Save Yourself has landed on my shortlist of memoirs that blend interiority and...
Review: My Meteorite, or, Without the Random There Can Be No New Thing by Harry Dodge
Like all works of art, this book is an attempt to create patterns, to impose some order on...
Review: Writers & Lovers by Lily King
King is able to capture the particular kind of youth Casey is struggling with perfectly: one where she...
Review: Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor
Finishing this manic, gripping novel may instigate a desire for a long, hot shower.
Review: Track Changes by Sayed Kashua
Kashua explores the ideas of migration, language, and nationality through a perpetual internal monologue that at times, seems...
Review: The Recipe for Revolution by Carolyn Chute
It is a book that dares you to grapple with it, then mocks you for the attempt.
Review: Footprints by David Farrier
Welcome to the Anthropocene, to the daily awakening to and reckoning with our drastic human impact on the...
Review: The Antidote for Everything by Kimmery Martin
Martin’s greatest strength is in her depiction of characters, painting them vividly across the page in acute details.
Review: Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
Hong provides new and necessary language for discussing the complexities of race.
Review: Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
“Me finding a new love interest had always been like a greedy child opening a toy on Christmas...
Review: No Roses from My Mouth by Dr. Stella Nyanzi
The accomplishment of 'No Roses from My Mouth' by Ugandan renowned feminist and queer rights advocate Stella Nyanzi,...
Review: I Will Take the Answer by Ander Monson
Monson’s writing, while reaching for what’s beneath, remains close and accessible on the page.