The Other History of the DC Universe – John Ridley
Instead of looking at the profound inequalities expressed in superhero lore, particularly the ways in which heroes collaborate with rather than challenge power, they focus on Superman’s “white privilege” or the mansplaining of Dick Grayson.
In the Company of Men – Véronique Tadjo
While it is not a “Covid novel,” the book may inspire creative work that honors the stories of essential workers across the world today, even as it contests modernization and demands attention to global injustice.
The Manningtree Witches – A.K. Blakemore
The past breathes whether Blakemore brings it to life or not.
We’re all guests of our time.
A Land Like You – Tobie Nathan
All of these different threads, some historical, some religious, some mystical, some economic — they all intertwine to create a richly layered look at a fascinating time in Cairo’s modern history.
FOCAL POINT, like the Greek epics it frequently references, is thus an inner odyssey through illness and loss that imparts the difficult lesson that to live is to grieve.
No One is Talking About This – Patricia Lockwood
Its voice is powerful but unrelieved by other voices, by a readiness to put into question its own articulateness.
Think of the accounting of any meaningful legacy, all of the lives that uplift our collective spirit have one thing in common: they are defined not by what they had, but by what they gave.
While U UP? is a love letter to Los Angeles, it’s more of a love letter to the future of romantic friendship.
To Write as if Already Dead – Kate Zambreno
The forms Zambreno adopts are responses to the questions being posed.