Book Reviews
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Discontent by Beatriz Serrano
Read this book if you want to spend even more time hating your job than you already do Read more »| 20 Aug 2025 -
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Loved One by Aisha Muharrar
Two women try to piece together the life of a loved one in this sweet and funny take on grief and intimacy by Parks and Recreation writer Aisha Muharrar Read more »| 14 Aug 2025 -
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Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty
A curious formalistic work, Morgan Talty's collection of short stories reads more like a novel as it traces a community living on the Penobscot Indian Reservation Read more »| 28 Jul 2025 -
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Chilco by Daniela Catrileo
The latest from Latin American-focused indie press, Chilco is a blistering exploration of difference and belonging Read more »| 10 Jul 2025 -
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Death and the Gardener by Georgi Gospodinov
Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov tackles the immensity of grief in his latest book Death and the Gardener, an exploration of his relationship with his dying father Read more »| 08 Jul 2025 -
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Songs of No Provenance by Lydi Conklin
A singer has to reckon with their pieces of their life after a sexually explicit moment on stage in this punk examination of fame and sexuality Read more »| 08 Jul 2025
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Moderation by Elaine Castillo
In her sophomore novel, Elaine Castillo explores ideas of innovation and ethics through a subtle speculative narrative Read more »| 01 Jul 2025 -
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I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Towards Darkness by Irene Solà
Catalan writer Irene Solà's masterful new novel is an incendiary exploration of bodies and memory Read more »| 03 Jun 2025 -
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It Used to Be Witches by Ryan Gilbey
In this wide-ranging story of queer cinema, queer critic Ryan Gilbey marries the personal and the political Read more »| 03 Jun 2025 -
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The Möbius Book by Catherine Lacey
Two halves – fiction and nonfiction – make up Catherine Lacey's experimental and groundbreaking memoir without beginning or end Read more »| 23 May 2025 -
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The Possession by Annie Ernaux
In her latest translated novella, Nobel Prize-winning author Annie Ernaux examines the fixations and addictions of jealousy Read more »| 23 May 2025 -
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Muckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen
Muckle Flugga, the debut novel from Edinburgh Makar Michael Pedersen, is a work of simultaneous joy and grief Read more »| 19 May 2025 -
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Babylon, Albion by Dalia Al-Dujaili
In her memoir Babylon, Albion, Dalia Al-Dujaili examines her personal and political relationship to the landscapes of her home and adopted countries Read more »| 05 May 2025 -
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Love Languages by James Albon
Two women fall in love across boundaries of language in James Albon's beautiful latest graphic novel Read more »| 01 May 2025 -
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Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange by Katie Goh
In their debut memoir, Edinburgh-based writer Katie Goh traces the history of the orange alongside their own story of migration and identity Read more »| 28 Apr 2025