Translation Tuesdays: Art on Fire, by Yun Ko-eun
Art on Fire, by turns comical and apocalyptic, is a brilliant satire of the art world, late-stage capitalism, and climate change. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: Art on Fire, by Yun Ko-eun
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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: We Should All Be Birds: A Memoir, by Brian Buckbee with Carol Ann Fitzgerald
Pain becomes a transformative agent in We Should All Be Birds. Continue reading Espresso Shots: We Should All Be Birds: A Memoir, by Brian Buckbee with Carol Ann Fitzgerald
Adventures in Intersectionality: Make Your Way Home: Stories, by Carrie M. Moore
Carrie R. Moore is a literary voice to look out for. Continue reading Adventures in Intersectionality: Make Your Way Home: Stories, by Carrie M. Moore
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
Wednesday Poetry Corner: Heroic Dose, by Matt Longabucco
With a delicate balance between the everyday and the sublime, Heroic Dose by Matt Longabucco ensorcels the reader with narrative and serial poems. Continue reading Wednesday Poetry Corner: Heroic Dose, by Matt Longabucco
Translation Tuesdays: The Nights are Quiet in Tehran by Shida Bazyar
The Nights are Quiet in Tehran, by Shida Bazyar, begins with the love story of Behsad and Nahid. Over the course of thirty years, the novel follows the lives of the couple and their children. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: The Nights are Quiet in Tehran by Shida Bazyar
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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