My Book, My Self
by Ronald L. Grimes
At fifty I wrote Marrying & Burying, a memoir. Today, twenty-seven years later, in the…
My Book, My Self
Réjean Ducharme’s Swallowed (Trans. Madeleine Stratford)
by Michel Basilières
The publisher of Réjean Ducharme’s debut novel, L’avalée des avalés, isn’t exaggerating in claiming that…
Alex Pugsley’s Aubrey McKee
by Steven W Beattie
There are two words on the cover of Alex Pugsley’s Aubrey McKee that strike a…
Nadine Bismuth’s A Family Affair (Trans. Russell Smith)
by Brett Josef Grubisic
Ubiquitous greeting-card racks promote lofty sentiments about friendship, romance, and marriage (i.e., “Your presence makes…
Justin Ling’s Missing from the village and Silver Donald Cameron’s Blood in the Water
by Alex Good
Just what are the police for? With recent calls for their defunding (whatever that may…
Madhur Anand’s This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart
by Andreae Callanan
“Some viruses have envelopes. Some letters are best left unopened. Now my mother is on…
Say My Name: The Alchemical Magic of “Rumpelstiltskin”
By Souvankham Thammavongsa
When we read, the experience of reading is not always just the book in front…
Beautiful Ruin
by Richard Sanger
“Whew! Did you see that?” We’re driving to Havana and Debbie, my wife, is speaking.…
Canada’s Golden Brown Age
By Kamal Al-Solaylee
As a new adaptation of Shyam Selvadurai’s “Funny Boy” hits the screen as a Deepa…
Cold War, Warm Bed
By Brian Busby
Truth proves elusive in Tom Ardies’ 1971 Cold War thriller about a millionaire presidential candidate in possible cahoots with the Russians.