Reviving the Hawthorn Sisters by Emily Carpenter
Evangelical Christianity as Fantasy (?) in Emily Carpenter’s Reviving the Hawthorn Sisters The not-quite sequel to Emily Carpenter’s...
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Maggie Briana Chidester
Oct 19, 20206 min
Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America by Maria Hinojosa
Following Emmy award-winning journalist and long-time anchor or NPR’s Latino USA, Maria Hinojosa from her childhood to present day
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Oct 17, 20203 min
Friday Book Debrief Vol 45
Every week we’re sharing what our some of our writers are currently reading. For all of our US readers, we now have our own Bookshop! You...
Jessica Maria
Oct 16, 20208 min
Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month with Books
As we come to the close of Latinx Heritage Month (Sep 15 - Oct 15), I’m reflecting on what books I’ve read so far this year that are...
Mel Ann Rosenthal
Oct 14, 20205 min
In Conversation with Lane Moore
How to Be Alone is one of those books that was so nice I read it twice. I’m not prone to rereads and have only picked up the same book...
Mel Ann Rosenthal
Oct 13, 202023 min
How to Be Alone: If You Want To, and Even If You Don’t by Lane Moore
“What is a good family? Is it money? Because we had a lot of that for a little while, but my home life was anything but good. Is it...
Courtney Dyer
Oct 13, 20205 min
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
This is one of the most important young adult books I have read in my short, but well-read life. As a huge admirer of When They See Us...
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Oct 10, 20203 min
Friday Book Debrief Vol 44
This week; Stephen King, Jean Kwok, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Lisa Jewell, Juliana Delgado Lopera, Ernesto Sabato, Paulina Flores & more.
Courtney Dyer
Oct 7, 20206 min
The Hunted by Gabriel Bergmoser
Everyone loves the chase, that’s what they say right? In his brilliant new novel The Hunted, Gabriel Bergmoser explores this in the most...
Karla Mendez
Oct 6, 20205 min
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
“I was ashamed of the idea that I could escape her, even of wanting to.” I watched White Oleander almost religiously in high school so I...
Mel Ann Rosenthal
Oct 5, 202011 min
In Conversation with Bianca Marais
Bianca Marais is the author of two historical fiction novels both set in South Africa during periods of upheaval. I have been a fan since...
Mel Ann Rosenthal
Oct 5, 20209 min
If You Want To Make God Laugh by Bianca Marais
As a writer, I am more often reading to encounter wonderful prose than I am to be transported and/or entertained. My criteria is simple:...
Jessica Maria
Oct 3, 20202 min
Friday Book Debrief Vol 43
Hilary Mantel, Anne Patchett, Georgina Lawton, Juli Delgado Lopera, Raquel Vasquez Gilliland, Emily M Danforth, Sara Shepard & more.
Elaine Mead
Oct 1, 20205 min
In Conversation with Madeleine Ryan
Madeleine Ryan is a writer and actor who has written movingly about her experiences as an autistic woman for Vice and Lenny, among other...
Courtney Dyer
Sep 30, 20205 min
A Room Called Earth by Madeleine Ryan
A Room Called Earth felt like a perfect summer’s evening. You’ve spent the day at the beach, it’s been sweaty and salty but you’ve soaked...
Maggie Briana Chidester
Sep 29, 20206 min
Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again by Katherine Angel
TW: sex, sexual assault “Woah, are you okay?” or a discombobulated rearranging of those words are what I remember most about the night I...
Karla Mendez
Sep 28, 20204 min
A Fish Growing Lungs By Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn
“But, goddamn, growing up sure can look like madness.”
Jessica Maria
Sep 26, 20203 min
Friday Book Debrief Vol 42
Every week we’re sharing what our some of our writers are currently reading. For all of our US readers, we now have our own Bookshop! You...
Akilah White
Sep 23, 20206 min
In Conversation with Zelda Knight and Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald
Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora is the first volume in a series which brings together...
Akilah White
Sep 23, 20206 min
Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora
“What is the legacy and the future of Africa and the African Diaspora?” Any long time reader of science fiction and fantasy in English...
Jessica Maria
Sep 23, 20205 min
The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante
I should’ve known Elena Ferrante would write the book that made me remember those searing, clawing, self-loathing inner thoughts...
Alexandra Mendes
Sep 21, 20204 min
Writers & Lovers by Lily King
I'm a not die-hard fan of Kid Cudi, but one song that I can listen to on repeat is "Pursuit of Happiness." Reading Writers & Lovers, I...
Jessica Maria
Sep 18, 20204 min
Friday Book Debrief Vol 41
Every week we’re sharing what our some of our writers are currently reading. For all of our US readers, we now have our own Bookshop! You...
Courtney Dyer
Sep 17, 20207 min
Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Fleishman Is In Trouble has been blurbed by many people as a book that accurately represents modern marriage; described as an honest and...
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