Book Review: Paradise Close
Paradise Close by Lisa Russ Spaar Aimee Seu Paradise Close (Persea Press, 2022) is the debut novel by poet Lisa Russ Spaar, winner of a...
Book Review: Grass Chapels
Grass Chapels by William Wright Ian Hall Equal parts earthen and fabular, William Wright’s Grass Chapels, his first edition of new and...
Book Review: Through the Veil and Back
Thin Places: A Natural History of Healing and Home by Kerri ní Dochartairgh Gabi Diaz Guerrero Finding hope in senseless violence can be...
Book Review: Dear Diaspora
Dear Diaspora by Susan Nguyen Li Zhuang After a wave of anti-Asian sentiment and hate crimes during the pandemic, there comes a tide of...
Book Review: Folklorn
Folklorn by Angela Mi Young Hur So Young Koo An interwoven quilt of myths, hallucinations, and personal tales, Angela Hur’s novel...
Book Review: Negative Space
Negative Space by Lilly Dancyger Peyton Wahl Grief is often devouring, alienating, and impenetrable. However, not so much in spite of...
Book Review: Merciful Days
Merciful Days by Jesse Graves Ian Hall In his most recent collection, Merciful Days, Jesse Graves labors to make some sense of memory,...
Book Review: Swallowed Light
Swallowed Light by Michael Wasson Landis Grenville This is a book of loss. The gun and the ghost dance in Wasson’s poetry, both reminders...
Book Review: Oh William!
Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo Elizabeth Strout’s Oh William! is the third book of hers featuring the tender,...
Book Review: Finna
Finna by Nino Cipri Sierra Biggs Finding an elderly grandmother who’s lost in a furniture store should be easy, right? Well, maybe not if...
