Review

In “A Contribution to the History of Joy” the Birds Keep the Score
The Curse of Nostalgia in Practical Magic 2
The Textures of “Foam” by Kate Zambreno
I’ll Take the Irish Exit: The Concept of Leaving in Emily St. John Mandel’s “Exit Party”
In “Children of the Wolf,” the Children Are Not Okay
“Taipei Story” Is a Homecoming Full of Contradictions
A Spark at the Center in “Saving the Fire”
A Gothic Puzzle Across Time in Anjet Daanje’s “The Song of the Stork and Dromedary”
Grief is a Ghost and That Ghost is Your Boyfriend: On C. Russell Price’s “Bisquick: An American Seance”
The Illusion of Autonomous Choice: Doortje Smithuijsen’s “Capitalism Is Sexism”