The Story of My Teeth – Valeria Luiselli
The wider current to which this book belongs probably cannot sustain many more publications of this type without incurring some sort of backlash.
Wrack Lariat – Heller Levinson
In these Hinges, “How much of” acts as the pivot for each poem, there is usually one word as the particle, and a line or two as the postulate, which causes the whole piece to surge with contemplative meaning.
Warren has always identified as black, although he could easily be mistaken for white. His daughter has been raised Jewish but now learns of her own black identity.
Three Moments of an Explosion – China Miéville
Miéville has always been interested in more than simply making us shiver.
Garments Against Women – Anne Boyer
What’s the difference between wide hope and desperation? I was trying to hold everything together, all at once.
The Dirty Dust – Máirtín Ó Cadhain
There are no philosophers or historians in the dirty dust, only gossips and fabulists.
Thirlwell’s achievement is in creating a character who is difficult — nay, impossible — to like, and yet, like Humbert Humbert, propulsive.
The prose does quick, good work. But it’s an uncomfortable consciousness to inhabit for long, sad-making and stomach-turning.
Dreamlike and horrifying, The Vorrh is permeated with an ominous power.
Ross’s novel offers readers an unending stream of snort-worthy punchlines with implicit boundaries for who can access this story and how they can.