Thursday, January 22, 2026

Michael Weingrad's EUGENE NADELMAN: A TALE OF THE 1980s IN VERSE

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There ought to be so many books like this,  As writ in verse, in meter and in rhyme,  Yet telling modern tales, or modern-ish --...

Kylie Lee Baker's BAT EATER AND OTHER NAMES FOR CORA ZENG (Narr by Natalie Naudus)

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There's something peaceful about your worst fear coming true. Kylie Lee Baker would have been fun to have as a lab partner in high schoo...
Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Amanda Michalopoulou's WHY I KILLED MY BEST FRIEND (Tr Karen Emmerich)

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We all have to show courage and faith in our ideals. We have to literally embody our emotions if we're going to act politically. New tec...
Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Karen Tidbeck's AMATKA (Tr Karen Tidbeck)

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Do you like the art style known as Socialist Realism, but wish that maybe it was a little less realistic? Alternatively, do you ...
Monday, January 5, 2026

Sheldon Costa's THE GREAT WORK

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He wandered over to a stump and sat down to watch the river flow over the side of the cliff. It fell a good thirty or forty feet, carving a ...
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Jenny Hval's GIRLS AGAINST GOD (Tr Marjam Idriss; Narr Gabrielle Baker)

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No one asks me why I hate, no one uses that word, they call me grumpy, not even angry, but grumpy, six letters, something inconsequential an...
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Jazmina Barrera's THE QUEEN OF SWORDS (Tr Christina Mac Sweeney)

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The Queen of Swords , Jazmina Barrera's fascinating and unusual study of Mexican literary icon Elena Garro , might get shelved among the...