Review: American Dirt
Ignore the controversy. Ignore the writer’s background, ignore cancel culture, ignore the finger wagging, ignore the hindrances: Is American DirtContinue Reading
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Talking to Strangers? We’re Doing It Wrong
What happens when strangers meet? Ask Gladwell.
Sally Rooney’s Second Novel ‘Normal People’ Finds Beauty
Normal People, Sally Rooney’s second novel, doesn’t sound magical or special in summary: Connell is the popular high school boy,Continue Reading
The Dreamers: Like Sleep, Rich and Beautiful
How often is it that we hear, even from ourselves, the longing for more rest, more sleep? In my houseContinue Reading
Engaging and Concerning – A Review of Education: A Memoir
Two things strike immediate concern with Tara Westover’s highly lauded Educated: A Memoir: author J.D. Vance offers the first blurb on theContinue Reading
Review: The Electric Woman is a Memoir for the Ages
There’s a moment in Tessa Fontaine’s extraordinary memoir The Electric Woman: A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts where the owner of a sideshowContinue Reading
Review: The Cabin at the End of the World is a Excellent Novel for Halloween
The horror genre often works at its best when the characters are not only people that are believable but alsoContinue Reading
Book Review: Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime
Wow, does Ron Stallworth have a story. Lucky for readers, he divulges exactly how it all came to be inContinue Reading
Treeborne: An Amazing Debut
Treeborne is a novel that forebodes a future while prodding the past.
Review: Little Fires Everywhere
As a serious drama, Little Fires Everywhere has depth that works, but not to its full potential.
