Reviews

Personhood – Thalia Field

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In an attempt to uncenter the human — and any center, for that matter — Field replaces hierarchy with an ecology.

Personhood – Thalia Field

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PERSONHOOD suggests that Thalia Field’s audacious verbal imagination has started to become merely the available instrument for promulgating an increasingly familiar message.

frank: sonnets – Diane Seuss

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In frank: sonnets, Seuss inextricably ties herself to her poetic voice, revealing childhood memories and adult indiscretions with fierce bluntness.

On Time and Water – Andri Snӕr Magnason

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It is a deeply personal reckoning with individual and collective responsibility in a time of reckless consumption, and a rich tapestry of myth, memory, and wonder.

A River Called Time – Courttia Newland

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By telling a story through parallel universes, the future and the past become inseparable, allowing A RIVER CALLED TIME to be both visionary and reflective all at once.

Notes Made While Falling – Jenn Ashworth

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Ashworth’s memoir project — “about my body gone missing”— demands that critics likewise confront their stake in narratives of trauma, illness, and disability.

Alien Stories – E.C. Osondu

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ALIEN STORIES feels very aware of itself and of how to make meaningful ideas connect with a broad audience: the stories are accessible, but thought-provoking, with clarity and concision.

Crying in H Mart: A Memoir – Michelle Zauner

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What I can say for certain, though, is that as Zauner guided me through these corridors of her own life, little pieces of her world attached to me.

Active Reception – Noah Ross

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Noah Ross’ ACTIVE RECEPTION makes a raucous mess of sound and sense as part of its queer project of seeking kinship and pleasure within capitalism.

Unstrung: Rants and Stories of a Noise Guitarist – Marc Ribot

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Seen as a genius and underappreciated musician by those initiated into the world of free jazz and noise guitar, Marc Ribot now reveals his ambitions as an author.