Vanished [is] a treatise on the responsibilities we have to confront the legacies of occupation, of lies, and to insist on the disclosure of history’s truths.
The Beautiful Bureaucrat – Helen Phillips
The Beautiful Bureaucrat revels in its playful and dark take on contemporary life, and yet never loses sight of its commitment to the brazen, and perhaps stupid, curiosity of the human.
However, it’s not long before Björn discovers a problem with the room: he is the only one who can see it.
Desire expands, complicates (to staples, to other women) when you fuck with clichés.
Ismael and His Sisters – Louise Stern
Stern has brilliantly found a way for her words to tell, and not just show.
Viper Wine whispers beyond its pages, reappearing in glossy advertisements of Elle and in strange-tasting rouged lips.
The University of Pennsylvania – Caren Beilin
Suffused with the unwieldy body historically associated with femininity, Beilin’s work is evasive, unruly, nonsensical.
Unlike other stories about the apocalypse, this book is tender.
Trifonova forces the reader to reassess the opinions and institutions that validate the knowledge we have both of ourselves and of others.
The Maggot People – Henning Koch
Serious, grotesque absurdity: The Master and Margarita as written by William Burroughs, a politico-religious sci-fi thriller with talking dogs and immortal maggot people.