Espresso Shots: Unstuck: A Writer’s Guide, by Ramona Ausubel
“Unstuck” can help if you’re stuck or you choke staring at the blank screen. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Unstuck: A Writer’s Guide, by Ramona Ausubel
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Espresso Shots: Clutch: a novel, by Emily Nemens
Spanning decades and crossing the continent, Clutch, by Emily Nemens is a sprawling group portrait of five professional women and their everyday challenges and triumphs. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Clutch: a novel, by Emily Nemens
Espresso Shots: The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts, by Kim Fu
A primer on the horrors of first-time home ownership. Continue reading Espresso Shots: The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts, by Kim Fu
Espresso Shots: Archipelago by Natalie Bakopoulos
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
Espresso Shots: A Silent Treatment: a memoir, by Jeannie Vanasco
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
Espresso Shots: Morelia, by Renee Gladman
Morelia is a short, concentrated explosion of language and story, dream and sensation. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Morelia, by Renee Gladman
Espresso Shots: Great Disasters: A Novel, by Grady Chambers
Great Disasters is a personal chronicle of the post-9/11 generation. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Great Disasters: A Novel, by Grady Chambers
Espresso Shots: Wanting, by Claire Jia
Wanting by Claire Jia is an epic tale of friendship, betrayal, adultery, media, and resentment. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Wanting, by Claire Jia
Espresso Shots: There Are Reasons For This: A Novel, by Nini Berndt
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
Espresso Shots: Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange, by Katie Goh
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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