Our Indian driver and guide parked us a few strides from a pink-and-black-nosed young tiger with blond teddy bear ears… Read more TIGER PARK by Cecily Winter
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TOKYO UENO STATION by Miri Yu
I had to read this stream-of-consciousness novel twice for the full flavor of this gloomy yet poetic narrative that reminds… Read more TOKYO UENO STATION by Miri Yu
GO, WENT, GONE. A German Scholar Overcomes His Indifference
Book Review of GO, WENT, GONE by Jenny Erpenbeck (translated from German in… Read more GO, WENT, GONE. A German Scholar Overcomes His Indifference
SHADOW TAG by Louise Erdrich
Shadow tag is the family’s game, a collaborative effort to obliterate someone’s shadow. The person or person to lose their… Read more SHADOW TAG by Louise Erdrich
NEIL STEPHENSON’S SNOW CRASH
Novel published 1992 I read this novel nearly 20 years after its publication, and as a person largely inexperienced with… Read more NEIL STEPHENSON’S SNOW CRASH
THE NIGHT WATCHMAN by Louise Edritch
Ms. Erdritch has always been my favorite Native American novelist. She has a talent for bringing to the page… Read more THE NIGHT WATCHMAN by Louise Edritch
THE NAME-US GAME COUNTERPOINT:
by Cecily Winter My gory serial killer story THE NAME-US GAME COUNTERPOINT is available in a paperback anthology titled POTTER’S… Read more THE NAME-US GAME COUNTERPOINT:
HORROR BITS
In memory of a broken pump: Dismal times with this heat and the water gone. Not a wave, not a… Read more HORROR BITS
PREFECTURE D (4 Novellas) by Hideo Yokoama JAPANESE POLICE PROCEDURALS
First published in Japan in 1998 and translated into English in 2019. “Work will be work, home will be… Read more PREFECTURE D (4 Novellas) by Hideo Yokoama JAPANESE POLICE PROCEDURALS
FIGHTING WORDS by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
We’ve had THE COLOR PURPLE, THE BLUEST EYE, and PUSH. Now a slice of the underbelly of inadequate families for… Read more FIGHTING WORDS by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley