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Category: Espresso Shots

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Espresso Shots: The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts, by Kim Fu

February 8, 2026 driftlessareareview

A primer on the horrors of first-time home ownership. Continue reading Espresso Shots: The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts, by Kim Fu

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Espresso Shots: Archipelago by Natalie Bakopoulos

January 25, 2026 driftlessareareview

Mistaken identity, a translation residency, and an impulsive road trip. These conceptual fragments make up Archipelago, by Natalie Bakopoulos. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Archipelago by Natalie Bakopoulos

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Espresso Shots: A Silent Treatment: a memoir, by Jeannie Vanasco

January 11, 2026 driftlessareareview

A Silent Treatment is a fascinating literary object. It is both a highly-charged personal memoir. It is also an interesting exploration on the mechanics of how a memoir is written. Continue reading Espresso Shots: A Silent Treatment: a memoir, by Jeannie Vanasco

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Espresso Shots: Morelia, by Renee Gladman

October 26, 2025 driftlessareareview

Morelia is a short, concentrated explosion of language and story, dream and sensation. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Morelia, by Renee Gladman

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Espresso Shots: Great Disasters: A Novel, by Grady Chambers

October 12, 2025 driftlessareareview

Great Disasters is a personal chronicle of the post-9/11 generation. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Great Disasters: A Novel, by Grady Chambers

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Espresso Shots: Wanting, by Claire Jia

September 21, 2025 driftlessareareview

Wanting by Claire Jia is an epic tale of friendship, betrayal, adultery, media, and resentment. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Wanting, by Claire Jia

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Espresso Shots: There Are Reasons For This: A Novel, by Nini Berndt

July 6, 2025 driftlessareareview

There Are Reasons For This possesses a strange beauty. It tells a sad yet joyous love story amid ecological apocalypse and global economic collapse. Continue reading Espresso Shots: There Are Reasons For This: A Novel, by Nini Berndt

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Espresso Shots: Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange, by Katie Goh

June 22, 2025 driftlessareareview

Koh has written an engaging personal history of a mundane supermarket staple. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange, by Katie Goh

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Espresso Shots: Bird Life, by Anna Smaill

December 10, 2023 driftlessareareview

Bird Life, by Anna Smaill, explores the porous boundaries between genius and madness, trauma and genius. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Bird Life, by Anna Smaill

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Espresso Shots: 404 Error: memoir of a nobody, by RG Vasicek & Zak Ferguson

October 22, 2023 driftlessareareview

The short novel shifts between comedy and horror, commentary and meta-commentary, wetware and meatspace. Continue reading Espresso Shots: 404 Error: memoir of a nobody, by RG Vasicek & Zak Ferguson

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