Storytelling is Power in “A Girl is a Body of Water”
A review of Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s new book, “A Girl is a Body of Water.”
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Cab Ride Catharsis
A review of Lee Durkee’s new book, “The Last Taxi Driver.”
Translating the Unsaid
A review of E.J. Koh’s new book, “The Magical Language of Others.”
Creating ‘Colorado Noir’
An interview with JP Gritton about his new novel, “Wyoming.”
Death and Decay “Feel Very Florida” to Kristen Arnett
The 7-Eleven enthusiast talks about her new novel ‘Mostly Dead Things.’
Samantha Hunt’s Debut ‘The Seas’ Is Absolutely Worth Another Look
When I picked up The Seas I did not expect a novel about language, war, and mermaids. This slim reissue ofContinue Reading
A Raw Look at Childbirth: Eleven Hours by Pamela Erens
After tackling loneliness in her first novel and teenage sexuality in her second, Pamela Erens flawlessly captures the experience of childbirth in Eleven Hours—the fear, the surprise, the other-worldly pain.
Excerpt: Ghosts of Bergen County by Dana Cann
When she was young, in summer, when other kids would hang out at the pool, Mary Beth had wished for rain. She liked to stay indoors and watch the puddles form in the backyard, where the drainage was poor.
A Small-Town Manhunt Gets Weird in Rosalie Knecht’s Relief Map
There’s a fugitive hiding somewhere in the tiny rust-belt town of Lomath, Pennsylvania. The FBI wants to find him, and they’re not just, like, looking around. They’ve shut down every road in and out of town, turned off electricity and phone lines, and searched houses without warrants. Believe it or not, this is not everybody’s favorite thing.
