Book Reviews
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Book ReviewsThe Old Haunts by Allan Radcliffe
Allan Radcliffe's debut novel is a beautiful exploration of individual and collective grief Read more »| 12 Sep 2023 -
Book ReviewsThe Magic Border by Arlo Parks
Singer-songwriter Arlo Parks' first book interweaves lyrics with original poetry in a gorgeous exploration of Black queerness Read more »| 12 Sep 2023 -
Book ReviewsThe Baudelaire Fractal by Lisa Robertson
Poet Lisa Robertson’s debut novel uplifts the starving artist cliché with effortless, crystalline prose Read more »| 23 Aug 2023 -
Book ReviewsBut The Girl by Jessica Zhan Mei Yu
Jessica Zhan Mei Yu’s debut novel is a delicate investigation into intergenerational immigrant subjectivities Read more »| 09 Aug 2023 -
Book ReviewsTraces of Enayat by Iman Mersal
In Iman Mersal's Traces of Enayat, the poet and scholar blends biography, memoir, and literary criticism to recover the story of forgotten Egyptian writer Enayat al-Zayyat Read more »| 03 Aug 2023 -
Book ReviewsI Will Greet the Sun Again by Khashayar J. Khabushani
In Khashayar J. Khabushani's debut, a young boy navigates a queer coming-of-age against the backdrop of pre-9/11 America and post-revolution Iran Read more »| 31 Jul 2023
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Book ReviewsTrouble by Lex Croucher
Lex Croucher's new queer Regency rom-com continues to break the rules of both propriety and gender norms Read more »| 26 Jul 2023 -
Book ReviewsA Little Luck by Claudia Piñeiro
An investigation into the limits of narrative, Claudia Piñeiro's latest cements the writer as a giant of Argentine literature Read more »| 11 Jul 2023 -
Book ReviewsYou, Bleeding Childhood by Michele Mari
You, Bleeding Childhood is the first English translation of Italian novelist Michele Mari, and a love letter to a childhood told through literature Read more »| 11 Jul 2023 -
Book ReviewsRental Person Who Does Nothing by Shoji Morimoto
Shoji Morimoto's unique memoir tracks the author's life as he refuses work and rents himself out as a passive companion Read more »| 06 Jul 2023 -
Book ReviewsBellies by Nicola Dinan
Nicola Dinan's powerful and vulnerable debut Bellies marks a watershed moment in British trans fiction Read more »| 29 Jun 2023 -
Book ReviewsBread and Circus by Airea D. Matthews
Philadelphia Poet Laureate Airea D. Matthews' new poetry collection is a formally and politically ambitious reckoning with racial poverty in the US Read more »| 07 Jun 2023 -
Book ReviewsRural by Rebecca Smith
In her nonfiction debut, Rebecca Smith charts working class histories through stories of land and rural life Read more »| 06 Jun 2023 -
Book ReviewsDisturbance by Jenna Clake
A woman escaping an abusive relationship finds herself caught between reality and the supernatural in this atmospheric debut from Jenna Clake Read more »| 06 Jun 2023 -
Book ReviewsBored Gay Werewolf by Tony Santorella
Tony Santorella’s witty and sharp debut novel follows its titular bored gay werewolf as he navigates encountering his fellow beasts Read more »| 29 May 2023