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, 2020
- 6 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
Admin
- Oct 17, 2020
- 3 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, 2020
- 8 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, 2020
- 5 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, 2020
- 23 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, 2020
- 5 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...
Admin
- Oct 10, 2020
- 3 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, 2020
- 6 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, 2020
- 5 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, 2020
- 11 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, 2020
- 9 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, 2020
- 2 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, 2020
- 5 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, 2020
- 5 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, 2020
- 6 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, 2020
- 4 min
A Fish Growing Lungs By Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn
“But, goddamn, growing up sure can look like madness.”
Jessica Maria
- Sep 26, 2020
- 3 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, 2020
- 6 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, 2020
- 6 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, 2020
- 5 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, 2020
- 4 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, 2020
- 4 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, 2020
- 7 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...