WONDERLAND, by Nicole Treska, reviewed by Monica Wendel

November 15, 2024

FOR THE FUTURE OF GIRLS, by Lisa Grunberger, reviewed by Angelina Sciolla

November 8, 2024

THE BODY IS BURDEN AND DELIGHT, Poems by Sharon White

October 6, 2024

AND THEN YOU APPLY ICE: STORIES by Pamela Gwyn Kripke, reviewed by Ashlee A. Paxton-Turner

August 15, 2024

MYSTERY LIGHTS, stories by Lena Valencia, reviewed by by Jennifer Nessel

July 29, 2024

SMOTHERMOSS, a novel by Alisa Alering, reviewed by Alana Craib

July 25, 2024

YOU CANNOT FORBID THE FLOWER, a novel by Elizabeth Lukács Chesla, reviewed by Benjamin Selesnick

July 22, 2024

BUILT AROUND THE FIRE, Poems by Nathan Lipps, reviewed by Dakotah Jennifer

July 12, 2024

THE LIBERATORS, a novel by E.J. Koh, reviewed by Julia Hou

May 2, 2024

COMPANY, stories by Shannon Sanders, reviewed by Kayla McCall

April 17, 2024

STARKWEATHER by Harry N. MacLean, reviewed by Anna Llewellyn

December 7, 2023

THE MEMORY OF ANIMALS, a novel by Claire Fuller, reviewed by Coralie Loon

December 3, 2023

CALL UP THE WATERS, Stories by Amber Caron, reviewed by Char Dreyer

December 3, 2023

STRANGE ATTRACTORS: THE EPHREM STORIES, by Janice Deal, reviewed by Ellen Prentiss Campbell

September 30, 2023

SHY, a novel by Max Porter, reviewed by Alex Behm

August 30, 2023

Two Takes on LET’S GO LET’S GO LET’S GO, stories by Cleo Qian: Lillian Lowenthal and Audrey Lai

August 22, 2023

SCENE OF THE CRIME, a novel by Patrick Modianom, reviewed by Jeanne Bonner

February 24, 2023

RIGHT THIS WAY, novel by Miriam N. Kotzin, reviewed by Lynn Levin

February 15, 2023

TETHER AND FLOAT: THOUGHTS ON TWO NEW ESSAY COLLECTIONS, a book review by Beth Kephart

December 9, 2022

HERmione, a novel by Hilda Doolittle (H.D.), reviewd by Aalia Jagwani

December 7, 2022

HERRICK’S END, a novel by T.M. Blanchet, reviewed by Jae Sutton

December 7, 2022

THE SILENCE THAT BINDS US, a Young Adult Novel by Joanna Ho, reviewed by Kristie Gadson

November 28, 2022

A MOUNTAIN TO THE NORTH, A LAKE TO THE SOUTH, PATHS TO THE WEST, A RIVER TO THE EAST, a novel by László Krasznahorkai, reviewed by Dylan Cook

November 4, 2022

TOO MUCH OF LIFE: THE COMPLETE CRÔNICAS, essays by Clarice Lispector, reviewed by Dylan Cook

September 26, 2022

LESSER KNOWN MONSTERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY, stories by Kim Fu, reviewed by Prisha Mehta

August 18, 2022

WIN ME SOMETHING, a novel by Kyle Lucia Wu, reviewed by Annie Cao

August 18, 2022

CLEOPATRA AND FRANKENSTEIN, a novel by Coco Mellors, reviewed by Stephanie Fluckey

August 17, 2022

The Harlan Renaissance: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns, nonfiction by William Turner, reviewed by Jamie Tews

August 15, 2022

SHADE OF BLUE TREES, poems by Kelly Cressio-Moeller reviewed by Dana Kinsey

May 24, 2022

THE MEMORY LIBRARIAN AND OTHER STORIES OF DIRTY COMPUTER by Janelle Monáe, reviewed by Kristie Gadson

April 19, 2022

THE ORIGINAL GLITCH, a novel by Melanie Moyer, reviewed by Michael Sasso

April 12, 2022

GOLD by Rumi translated by Haleh Liza Gafori, reviewed by Dylan Cook

March 5, 2022

Dreadful Sorry: Essays on an American Nostalgia by Jennifer Niesslein, Reviewed by Beth Kephart

February 25, 2022

THE TENDEREST OF STRINGS, a novel by Steven Schwartz, reviewed by Ellen Prentiss Campbell

February 9, 2022

SINGING LESSONS FOR THE STYLISH CANARY, a novel by Laura Stanfill, appreciation by Beth Kephart

February 3, 2022

THE NICK OF TIME, poems by Rosmarie Waldrop, reviewed by Candela Rivero

January 6, 2022

AUTOPSY OF A FALL, poems by Eric Morales-Franceschini, reviewed by Juniper Jordan Cruz

December 5, 2021

PHOTOTAXIS, a novel by Olivia Tapiero, reviewed by Dylan Cook

October 13, 2021

SHE, poems by Theadora Siranian, reviewed by Juniper Jordan Cruz

October 3, 2021

ARTIFICE IN THE CALM DAMAGES, poems by Andrew Levy, reviewed by Johnny Payne

August 12, 2021

SWIMMING TO THE TOP OF THE TIDE: FINDING LIFE WHERE LAND AND WATER MEET, nonfiction by Patricia Hanlon, reviewed by Michael McCarthy

August 7, 2021

SCORPIONFISH, a novel by Natalie Bakopoulos, reviewed by Aleksia Mira Silverman

August 2, 2021

WALKING ON COWRIE SHELLS , short stories by Nana Nkweti, reviewed by Juliana Lamy

July 31, 2021

CATALOGUE BABY: A MEMOIR OF INFERTILITY by Myriam Steinberg, reviewed by Brian Burmeister

June 14, 2021

DEAR BEAR, poems by Ae Hee Lee, reviewed by Juniper Jordan Cruz

June 1, 2021

THE NATURAL MOTHER OF THE CHILD: A MEMOIR OF NONBINARY PARENTHOOD by Krys Malcolm Belc, reviewed by Beth Kephart

June 1, 2021

A GHOST IN THE THROAT, a novel by Doireann Ní Ghríofa, reviewed by Beth Kephart

March 21, 2021

THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS, a Young Adult Novel by Chloe Gong, reviewed by Kristie Gadson

March 5, 2021

COME ON UP, short stories by Jordi Nopca, reviewed by Michael McCarthy

February 22, 2021

WHITE MAGIC, essays by Elissa Washuta, reviewed by Eric Buechel

December 28, 2020

THE BOOK OF ATLANTIS BLACK: THE SEARCH FOR A SISTER GONE MISSING, a memoir by Betsy Bonner, reviewed by Laura Smith

December 2, 2020

MORE MIRACLE THAN BIRD, a novel by Alice Miller reviewed by Jozie Konczal

November 23, 2020

A WORLD BETWEEN, a novel by Emily Hashimoto, reviewed by Ashira Shirali

September 17, 2020

GARDEN BY THE SEA, a novel by Mercè Rodoreda, reviewed by Anthony Cardellini

September 4, 2020

LITTLE ENVELOPE OF EARTH CONDITIONS, poems by Cori A. Winrock, reviewed by Charlotte Hughes

August 28, 2020

Cockfight, stories by María Fernanda Ampuero, reviewed by Ashley Hajimirsadeghi

August 24, 2020

TIGERS, NOT DAUGHTERS, a young adult novel by Samantha Mabry, reviewed by Kristie Gadson

August 21, 2020

THE SPORT OF THE GODS, a novel by Paul Laurence Dunbar, reviewed by Dylan Cook

August 7, 2020

CLOTEL OR THE PRESIDENT’S DAUGHTER, a novel by William Wells Brown, written in 1853, reviewed by Dylan Cook

July 15, 2020

THE DARK HEART OF EVERY WILD THING, a novel by Joseph Fasano, reviewed by Michael McCarthy

July 12, 2020

ON EARTH WE’RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS, a novel by Ocean Vuong, reviewed by Claire Kooyman

July 6, 2020

CLEANNESS, a novel by Garth Greenwell, reviewed by Nikki Caffier Smith

June 25, 2020

WHAT I CARRY, a YA novel by Jennifer Longo, reviewed by Aja Todd

June 12, 2020

TO THE BONE, poems by Angela Narciso Torres, reviewed by Alina Stefanescu

June 7, 2020

MINOR DETAIL, a novel by Adania Shibli, translated by Elisabeth Jaquette and reviewed by Dylan Cook

May 29, 2020

MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CARSON MCCULLERS, a memoir by Jenn Shapland, reviewed by Claire Oleson

May 14, 2020

THE ROYAL ABDULS, a novel by Ramiza Shamoun Koya, reviewed by Beth Kephart

May 4, 2020

SQUARE HAUNTING, nonfiction by Francesca Wade, reviewed by Gabriel Chazan

April 21, 2020

POLITICS IS FOR POWER, nonfiction by Eitan Hersh, reviewed by Brian Colker

April 14, 2020

The Beauty of Their Youth: Stories by Joyce Hinnefeld, reviewed by Beth Kephart

March 3, 2020

SOJOURNERS OF THE IN-BETWEEN, poems by Gregory Djanikian, reviewed by Beth Kephart

February 18, 2020

HOW TO BUILD A HEART, a young adult novel by Maria Padian, reviewed by Kristie Gadson

February 11, 2020

INCIDENTAL INVENTIONS, short pieces by Elena Ferrante, reviewed by David Grandouiller

January 20, 2020

OUTSIDE MYSELF, a young adult novel by Kristen Witucki, reviewed by Donna W. Hill

January 19, 2020

SKETCHES OF THE CRIMINAL WORLD: FURTHER KOLYMA STORIES by Varlam Shalamov reviewed by Dylan Cook

January 16, 2020

YEAR BY YEAR: Poems by Lynne Sachs reviewed by Sharon Harrigan

January 15, 2020

THE BOOK OF SARAH, a graphic memoir by Sarah Lightman, reviewed by Emily Steinberg

November 23, 2019

DEGREES OF DIFFICULTY, a novel by Julie E. Justicz, reviewed by Beth Kephart

October 31, 2019

GRAND UNION, short stories by Zadie Smith, reviewed by Eliza Browning

October 21, 2019

RUBY & ROLAND: A NOVEL by Faith Sullivan, reviewed by Beth Kephart

October 9, 2019

BURIED ALIVE: A TO-DO LIST, poems by Carole Bernstein, reviewed by Claire Oleson

September 18, 2019

EMPTY WORDS, a novel by Mario Levrero, reviewed by Ashlee Paxton-Turner

September 12, 2019

THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS: ON MUSHROOMS AND MOURNING, a memoir by Long Litt Woon, reviewed by Beth Kephart

September 9, 2019

ART CAN HELP, essays by Robert Adams, reviewed by Beth Kephart

September 3, 2019

BLOODY SEOUL, a Young Adult Novel by Sonia Patel, reviewed by Kristie Gadson

August 27, 2019

MAX HAVELAAR: OR, THE COFFEE AUCTIONS OF THE DUTCH TRADING COMPAN, a novel by Multatuli, reviewed by Dylan Cook

August 8, 2019

PASSING FOR HUMAN: A GRAPHIC MEMOIR by Liana Finck reviewed by Alexandra Kanovsky

July 28, 2019

I AND YOU, stories by J. David Stevens, reviewed by David Amadio

July 19, 2019

YOUR STRANGE FORTUNE, poems by Chloe N. Clark, reviewed by K.C. Mead-Brewer

July 17, 2019

THE BOOK OF X, a novel by Sarah Rose Etter, reviewed by Elizabeth Mosier

July 16, 2019

GREEN TARGET, poems by Tina Barr, reviewed by Jeff Klebauskas 

July 15, 2019

99 NAMES OF EXILE, poems by Kaveh Bassiri, reviewed by Claire Oleson

July 8, 2019

BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ, a novel by Alfred Döblin, reviewed by Tyson Duffy

May 28, 2019

THE REAL SKY, a mixed-genre chapbook by Valerie Fox & Jacklynn Niemiec, reviewed by Kendra Jean Aquino

May 13, 2019

WORTHY OF LOVE, a young adult novel by Andre Fenton, reviewed by Kristie Gadson

May 10, 2019

Pressure Dressing, poems by Mark Scroggins, reviewed by Johnny Payne

May 9, 2019

THE FIRE LIT & NEARING, poems by J.G. McClure, reviewed by Kristen Sawyer

May 8, 2019

FAREWELL, AYLIS: A NON-TRADITIONAL NOVEL IN THREE WORKS by Akram Aylisl, translated by Katherine E. Young, reviewed by Ryan K. Strader

April 18, 2019

OPTIC NERVE, a novel by Maria Gainza, translated by Thomas Bunstead, reviewed by Justin Goodman

April 15, 2019

ALL THE FIERCE TETHERS, essays by Lia Purpura, reviewed by David Grandouiller

April 10, 2019

STARVATION MODE, a chapbook memoir by Elissa Washuta, reviewed by Michelle Crouch

April 9, 2019

WAYWARD LIVES, BEAUTIFUL EXPERIMENTS: INTIMATE HISTORIES OF SOCIAL UPHEAVAL, nonfiction by Saidiya Hartman, reviewed by Gabriel Chazan

March 29, 2019

ECHO NORTH, a young adult novel by Joanna Ruth Meyer, reviewed by Rachel Hertzberg

March 22, 2019

ALL FOR NOTHING, a novel by Walter Kempowski, reviewed by Tyson Duffy

March 17, 2019

BESOTTED, a novel by Melissa Duclos, reviewed by Lisa Johnson Mitchell

March 8, 2019

ROOM FOR GRACE, a memoir by Maureen and Daniel Kenner, reviewed by Colleen Davis

March 6, 2019

ADIÓS TO MY PARENTS, a novel by Héctor Aguilar Camín, reviewed by Kim Livingston

February 24, 2019

A STAB IN THE DARK, poems by Facundo Bernal, reviewed by Johnny Payne

February 21, 2019

THE ROAD TO UNFREEDOM, nonfiction by Timothy Snyder, reviewed by Susan Sheu

January 31, 2019

I’M FINE. HOW ARE YOU? a chapbook by Catherine Pikula, reviewed by Robert Sorrell

January 30, 2019

SACRED DARKNESS: THE LAST DAYS OF THE GULAG, a narrative by Levan Berdzenishvili, reviewed by Ryan K. Strader

January 21, 2019

THE BAREFOOT WOMAN, a novel by Scholastique Mukasonga, reviewed by Rebecca Entel

January 18, 2019

A DANGER TO HERSELF AND OTHERS, a young adult novel by Alyssa Sheinmel, reviewed by Kristie Gadson

January 17, 2019

RE-, poems by Andrea Blancas Beltran, reviewed by Hope Fischbach

January 15, 2019

PANIC YEARS, a novel by Daniel DiFranco, reviewed by Allegra Armstrong

January 9, 2019

NARRATOR, a novel by Bragi Ólafsson, reviewed by Katharine Coldiron

January 6, 2019

PRETEND WE LIVE HERE, stories by Genevieve Hudson, reviewed by Ashlee Paxton-Turner

December 10, 2018

THE FEMALES by Wolfgang Hilbig reviewed by Ryan K. Strader

November 11, 2018

BITTER ORANGE, a novel by Claire Fuller, reviewed by Elizabeth Mosier

October 28, 2018

EVERYDAY MADNESS: On Grief, Anger, Loss, and Love, a memoir by Lisa Appignanesi, reviewed by Gabriel Chazan

October 27, 2018

SLEEPING DRAGONS, stories by Magela Baudoin, reviewed by Katharine Coldiron

October 15, 2018

PORTRAIT OF A BODY IN WRECKAGES, poems by Meghan McClure, reviewed by Claire Oleson

October 8, 2018

WHITE DANCING ELEPHANTS, stories by Chaya Bhuvaneswar, reviewed by K.C. Mead-Brewer

October 7, 2018

AFTER THE WINTER, a novel by Guadalupe Nettel, translated by Rosalind Harvey, reviewed by Robert Sorrell

September 25, 2018

BOOT LANGUAGE, a memoir by Vanya Erickson, reviewed by Elizabeth Mosier

September 10, 2018

STRANGE WEATHER IN TOKYO, a novel by Hiromi Kawakami, reviewed by August Thompson

September 6, 2018

CARTOON DIALECTICS, a series by Tom Kaczynski, reviewed by Julia Alekseyeva

September 4, 2018

HORSEMEN OF THE SANDS, two novellas by Leonid Yuzefovich, reviewed by Ryan K. Strader

September 4, 2018

ELEANOR, OR THE REJECTION OF THE PROGRESS OF LOVE, a novel by Anna Moschovakis, reviewed by John Spurlock

August 31, 2018

BASIC BLACK WITH PEARLS, a novel by Helen Weinzweig, reviewed by Jodi Monster

August 27, 2018

A ROOM AWAY FROM THE WOLVES, a young adult novel by Nova Ren Suma, reviewed by Rachel Hertzberg 

August 25, 2018

THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO, a novel by Carlo Collodi, reviewed by Beth Kephart

August 24, 2018

LIFE DURING WARTIME, a novel by Katie Rogin, reviewed by Isabelle Mongeau

August 5, 2018

MINA, a novel by Kim Sagwa, reviewed by Kelly Doyle

July 23, 2018

COMEMADRE, a novel by Roque Larraquy, reviewed by Justin Goodman

July 17, 2018

DEEP CAMOUFLAGE, poems by Amy Saul-Zerby, reviewed by Mike Corrao

July 17, 2018

LOVE, HATE & OTHER FILTERS, a young adult novel by Samira Ahmed, reviewed by Leticia Urieta

July 7, 2018

KATALIN STREET, a novel by Magda Szabó, reviewed by William Morris

July 3, 2018

NEVER ANYONE BUT YOU, a novel by Rupert Thomson, reviewed by Melanie Erspamer

June 27, 2018

CUBIST STATES OF MIND/NOT THE CRUELEST MONTH, poems by Marc Jampole, reviewed by Alessio Franko

June 6, 2018

THEY WERE BEARS, poems by Sarah Marcus, reviewed by Nathan O. Ferguson

June 6, 2018

GASLIGHT: Lantern Slides from the Nineteenth Century, essays by Joachim Kalka, reviewed by Katharine Coldiron

June 4, 2018

AARDVARK TO AXOLOTL, essays by Karen Donovan and TALES FROM WEBSTER’S, essays by John Shea, reviewed by Michelle E. Crouch

June 1, 2018

DIFFICULT WOMEN, a memoir by David Plante, reviewed by Susan Sheu

May 24, 2018

IVORY PEARL, a novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette, reviewed by Ryan K. Strader

May 23, 2018

TART HONEY, poems by Deborah Burnham, reviewed by Claire Oleson

May 16, 2018

THE JUNIPER TREE, a novel by Barbara Comyns, reviewed by Allegra Armstrong

May 3, 2018

THE KREMLIN BALL, a novel by Curzio Malaparte, reviewed by Ryan K. Strader

April 30, 2018

Two Poetry Chapbooks from Doublecross Press reviewed by Rachael Guynn Wilson

April 24, 2018

TRICK by Domenico Starnone, translated from the Italian by Jhumpa Lahiri, reviewed by Jeanne Bonner

April 17, 2018

PLAYING CATCH WITH STRANGERS, essays by Bob Brody, reviewed by Colleen Davis

April 16, 2018

THE RADICAL ELEMENT: 12 Stories of Daredevils, Debutantes, and Other Dauntless Girls, edited by Jessica Spotswood, reviewed by Maureen Sullivan

April 10, 2018

ADUA, a novel by Igiaba Scego, reviewed by Jodi Monster

April 6, 2018

BAD JOBS AND POOR DECISIONS Dispatches from the Working Class, a memoir by J.R. Helton, reviewed by Robert Sorrell

April 5, 2018

THE PRICE GUIDE TO THE OCCULT, a young adult novel by Leslye Walton, reviewed by Brandon Stanwyck

March 29, 2018

PLAYING WITH DYNAMITE, a memoir by Sharon Harrigan, reviewed by Brian Burmeister

March 28, 2018

TOMB SONG, a novel by Julián Herbert, reviewed by Katharine Coldiron

March 21, 2018

SOMEDAY, SOMEWHERE, a young adult novel by Lindsay Champion, reviewed by Elaina Whitesell

March 18, 2018

NOTHING and DOTING, two novels by Henry Green, reviewed by Melanie Erspamer

March 17, 2018

NEST IN THE BONES: STORIES by Antonio Di Benedetto reviewed by Eric Andrew Newman

March 12, 2018

NEAPOLITAN CHRONICLES, stories and essays, by Anna Maria Ortese reviewed by Jeanne Bonner

March 6, 2018

The Memoirs of Two Young Wives, a novel by Honoré de Balzac, translated by Jordan Stump, reviewed by Ashlee Paxton-Turner

February 24, 2018

[m]otherhood, stories by Anna Lea Jancewicz, reviewed by KC Mead-Brewer

February 22, 2018

Buckskin Cocaine, stories by Erika T. Wurth, reviewed by Jordan A. Rothacker

February 9, 2018

BIRTH OF A NEW EARTH: The Radical Politics of Environmentalism, a manifesto by Adrian Parr, reviewed by Robert Sorrell

January 28, 2018

TIME OF GRATITUDE, essays and poems by Gennady Aygi, reviewed by Ryan K. Strader

January 18, 2018

TRANSLATION AS TRANSHUMANCE, a book-length essay by Mireille Gansel, reviewed by Rachel R. Taube

January 10, 2018

AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE, a novel by Tayari Jones, reviewed by Brandon Stanwyck

January 9, 2018

MIRROR, SHOULDER, SIGNAL, a novel by Dorthe Nors, reviewed by Brendan McCourt

January 7, 2018

BLACK GENEALOGY, poems by Kiki Petrosino, reviewed by Claire Oleson

January 7, 2018

HER BODIES AND OTHER PARTIES, stories by Carmen Maria Machado, reviewed by Rosie Huf

January 2, 2018

SCHLUMP, a novel by Hans Herbert Grimm, reviewed by Kelly Doyle

December 19, 2017

LIGHT INTO BODIES, poems by Nancy Chen Long, reviewed by Trish Hopkinson

December 12, 2017

COLLUSION: SECRET MEETINGS, DIRTY MONEY, AND HOW RUSSIA HELPED DONALD TRUMP WIN, nonfiction by Luke Harding, reviewed by Susan Sheu

December 11, 2017

THE SCIENCE OF UNVANISHING OBJECTS, poems by Chloe N. Clark, reviewed by Brandon Stanwyck

December 6, 2017

A WORKING WOMAN, a novel by Elvira Navarro, reviewed by Melanie Erspamer

November 28, 2017

DAUGHTERS OF THE AIR, a novel by Anca L. Szilágyi, reviewed by Leena Soman

November 27, 2017

MALACQUA, a novel by Nicola Pugliese, reviewed by Robert Sorrell

November 21, 2017

PETITE FLEUR, a novel by Iosi Havilio, reviewed by August Thompson

November 20, 2017

CHEESUS WAS HERE, a young adult novel by J.C. Davis, reviewed by Kristie Gadson

November 2, 2017

I’M THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY, a memoir by Andrea Jarrell, reviewed by Helen Armstrong

November 1, 2017

THE MINORS by Chris Ludovici reviewed by Ryan K. Strader

October 31, 2017

A MYRIAD OF ROADS THAT LEAD TO HERE, a novella by Nathan Elias, reviewed by Kelly Doyle

October 26, 2017

KONUNDRUM: SELECTED PROSE OF FRANZ KAFKA by Franz Kafka reviewed by Eric Andrew Newman

October 19, 2017

GODS ON THE LAM, a novel by Christopher David Rosales, reviewed by Brandon Stanwyck

October 17, 2017

BONE CONFETTI, poems by Muriel Leung, reviewed by Marilynn Eguchi

October 12, 2017

AFTERGLOW by Eileen Myles and THE STRANGERS AMONG US by Caroline Picard, reviewed by Jordan A. Rothacker

October 12, 2017

THE MASK OF SANITY, a novel by Jacob Appel, reviewed by Kelly Doyle

October 11, 2017

THE COLLECTED ESSAYS OF ELIZABETH HARDWICK reviewed by Robert Sorrell

October 10, 2017

MY SHADOW BOOK, a novel by MAAWAAM, edited by Jordan A. Rothacker, reviewed by William Morris

October 3, 2017

THE BEST WE COULD DO: AN ILLUSTRATED MEMOIR by Thi Bui reviewed by Jenny Blair

September 27, 2017

ALL THAT MAN IS, a novel by David Szalay, reviewed by Ryan K. Strader

September 21, 2017

THE MADELEINE PROJECT, a work of creative nonfiction by Clara Beaudoux, reviewed by Ryan K. Strader

September 12, 2017

THE FUTURE WON’T BE LONG, a novel by Jarett Kobek, reviewed by Jordan A. Rothacker

September 9, 2017

ISLAND OF POINT NEMO, a novel by Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès, reviewed by Rachel R. Taube

September 8, 2017

INSURRECTIONS, stories by Rion Amilcar Scott, reviewed by William Morris

September 5, 2017

MAP DRAWN BY A SPY, a novel by Guillermo Cabrera Infante, reviewed by Jacqueline Kharouf

August 29, 2017

IMAGINE WANTING ONLY THIS, a graphic novel by Kristen Radtke, reviewed by Jenny Blair

August 23, 2017

NOTES OF A CROCODILE, a novel by Qiu Miaojin, reviewed by Ryan K. Strader

August 22, 2017

The Apostle Killer, a novel by Richard Beard, reviewed by Ansel Shipley

August 17, 2017

GOING DARK, stories by Dennis Must, reviewed by Ashlee Paxton-Turner

August 10, 2017

FLOWER WARS, poems by Nico Amador, reviewed by Claire Oleson

August 10, 2017

LATE FAME, a novella by Arthur Schnitzler, reviewed by Robert Sorrell

August 8, 2017

THE BURNING GIRL, a novel by Claire Messud, reviewed by Amanda Klute

August 1, 2017

PLAINSPEAK, WY, poems by Joanna Doxey, reviewed by Brandon Stanwyck

July 17, 2017

THE REFRIGERATOR MONOLOGUES, a novel by Catherynne M. Valente, reviewed by Ansel Shipley

July 16, 2017

FINGERPRINTS OF PREVIOUS OWNERS, a novel by Rebecca Entel, reviewed by Elizabeth Mosier

July 7, 2017

MIKHAIL AND MARGARITA, a novel by Julie Lekstrom Himes, reviewed by Ryan K. Strader 

June 29, 2017

BARDO OR NOT BARDO, a novel by Antoine Volodine, reviewed by Amada Klute

June 20, 2017

EXPOSURE, short stories by Katy Resch George, reviewed by Rebecca Entel

June 15, 2017

THE GERMAN GIRL, a novel by Armando Lucas Correa, reviewed by Kellie Carle

June 14, 2017

TRYSTING, fiction by Emmanuelle Pagano, reviewed by Rachel R. Taube

June 12, 2017

NAPOLEON’S LAST ISLAND, a novel by Thomas Keneally, reviewed by Nokware Knight

June 9, 2017

LILLI DE JONG, a novel by Janet Benton, reviewed by Joanne Green

June 5, 2017

HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD, an anthology for young readers edited by Kelly Jensen, reviewed by Kristie Gadson

June 4, 2017

ROMEO AND JULIET IN PALESTINE: TEACHING UNDER OCCUPATION, a memoir by Tom Sperlinger, reviewed by Beth Johnston

June 1, 2017

FAMILY LEXICON, a novel by Natalia Ginzburg, translated by Jenny McPhee, reviewed by Robert Sorrell

May 31, 2017

DNA Hymn, poems by Annah Anti-Palindrome, reviewed by Johnny Payne

May 16, 2017

TYPEWRITERS, BOMBS, JELLYFISH: ESSAYS by Tom McCarthy reviewed by William Morris

May 15, 2017

ATLANTIC HOTEL, a novel by João Gilberto Noll, reviewed by Robert Sorrell

May 15, 2017

THE LONG DRY, a novel by Cynan Jones, reviewed by Melanie Erspamer

May 9, 2017

BETWEEN TWO SKIES, a young adult novel by Joanne O’Sullivan, reviewed by Brenda Rufener

April 28, 2017

LIKE DEATH, a novel by Guy de Maupassant, reviewed by Derek M. Brown

April 26, 2017

WAYWARD HEROES, a novel by Halldór Laxness, reviewed by Tyson Duffy

April 25, 2017

HOW WE SPEAK TO ONE ANOTHER: AN ESSAY DAILY READER, edited by Ander Monson & Craig Reinbold, reviewed by David Grandouiller

March 23, 2017

LOVE, ISH, a middle grades novel by Karen Rivers, reviewed by Christine M. Hopkins

March 15, 2017

DOWN BELOW, a memoir by Leonora Carrington, reviewed by Justin Goodman

March 14, 2017

MOONCOP, a graphic novel by Tom Gauld, reviewed by Ansel Shipley

March 13, 2017

LABYRINTH LOST, a young adult novel by Zoraida Córdova, reviewed by Leticia Urieta

March 12, 2017

SOVIET DAUGHTER: A GRAPHIC REVOLUTION by Julia Alekseyeva reviewed by Jenny Blair

March 10, 2017

SHOT-BLUE, a novel by Jesse Ruddock, reviewed by Robert Sorrell

March 6, 2017

HEMMING FLAMES, poems by Patricia Colleen Murphy, reviewed by Claire Oleson

March 5, 2017

IF YOU WERE HERE, a young adult novel by Jennie Yabroff, reviewed by Caitlyn Averett

March 4, 2017

THE MONEY CULT by Chris Lehmann reviewed by Melanie Erspamer

March 3, 2017

THE YEAR OF THE COMET, a novel by Sergei Lebedev, reviewed by Christina Tang-Bernas

February 21, 2017

MOTHER-MAILBOX, poems by Emilie Lindemann, reviewed by Rachel Summerfield

February 7, 2017

SWIMMING LESSONS, a novel by Claire Fuller, reviewed by Elizabeth Mosier

February 7, 2017

ROLLING BLACKOUTS: DISPATCHES FROM TURKEY, SYRIA, AND IRAQ, a work of graphic journalism by Sarah Glidden, reviewed by Brian Burmeister

February 1, 2017

WE’VE ALREADY GONE THIS FAR, stories by Patrick Dacey, reviewed by Tyson Duffy

January 31, 2017

MY ITALIANS: True Stories of Crime and Courage, essays by Roberto Saviano, reviewed by Jeanne Bonner

January 28, 2017

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, poems by Rachel Slotnick, reviewed by Carlo Matos

January 26, 2017

A GREATER MUSIC, a novel by Bae Suah, translated by Deborah Smith and reviewed by Justin Goodman

January 24, 2017

HUMAN ACTS, a novel by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith, reviewed by William Morris

January 18, 2017

OCTAVIA E. BUTLER’S KINDRED: A GRAPHIC NOVEL ADAPTATION by Damian Duffy and John Jennings reviewed by Brian Burmeister

January 16, 2017

THE LOVERS’ PHRASEBOOK, poems by Jordi Alonso, reviewed by Claire Oleson

January 9, 2017

WHIPSTITCHES, poems by Randi Ward reviewed by Hannah Wendlandt

December 31, 2016

Only More So, poems by Millicent Borges Accardi, reviewed by paulA neves

December 30, 2016

BLINDSIGHT, poems by Greg Hewett, reviewed by Brent Matheny

December 23, 2016

BEFORE PICTURES, a memoir by Douglas Crimp, reviewed by Gabriel Chazan

December 23, 2016

YEAR OF THE RAT, a novel by Marc Anthony Richardson, reviewed by Matthew Jakubowski

December 16, 2016

THESE ARE THE NAMES, a novel by Tommy Wieringa reviewed by Robert Sorrell

December 13, 2016

YOU ASK ME TO TALK ABOUT THE INTERIOR, poems by Carolina Ebeid, reviewed by Claire Oleson

December 12, 2016

AND WIND WILL WASH AWAY, a novel by Jordan A. Rothacker, reviewed by William Morris

December 1, 2016

THE TOPLESS WIDOW OF HERKIMER STREET, stories by Jacob M. Appel, reviewed by Odette Moolten

November 29, 2016

THE YOUNG BRIDE, a novel by Alessandro Baricco, reviewed by Melanie Erspamer

November 22, 2016

COBALT BLUE, a novel by Sachin Kundalkar, reviewed by Nokware Knight

November 7, 2016

GOLDEN DELICIOUS, a novel by Christopher Boucher, reviewed by Claire Rudy Foster

November 3, 2016

The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable by Amitav Ghosh reviewed by Robert Sorrell

November 1, 2016

Come As You Are, a novel by Christine Weiser, reviewed by Claire Rudy Foster

October 31, 2016

RANI PATEL IN FULL EFFECT, a young adult novel by Sonia Patel, reviewed by Kristie Gadson

October 28, 2016

EASIEST IF I HAD A GUN, short stories by Michael Gerhard Martin, reviewed by Rosie Huf

October 27, 2016

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS, a young adult novel by Rafi Mittlefehldt, reviewed by Allison Renner

October 26, 2016

BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH, a novel by Yoram Kaniuk, reviewed by David Grandouiller

October 24, 2016

THE LIGHT FANTASTIC, a young adult novel by Sarah Combs, reviewed by Allison Renner

October 18, 2016

THE BIRDS, a novel by Tarjei Vesaas, reviewed by Melanie Erspamer

October 17, 2016

33 REVOLUTIONS, a novel by Canek Sánchez Guevara, reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

October 11, 2016

THE SEVEN MADMEN, a novel by Roberto Arlt reviewed by Jacqueline Kharouf

October 10, 2016

REALLY THE BLUES, a memoir by Mezz Mezzrow and Bernard Wolfe, reviewed by Beth Johnston

October 3, 2016

HARBORS, essays by Donald Quist, reviewed by Benjamin Woodard

September 30, 2016

MARCH, a graphic narrative by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell reviewed, by Brian Burmeister

September 29, 2016

NO MORE MILK, poems by Karen Craigo, reviewed by Shaun Turner

September 28, 2016

THE INVISIBILITY CLOAK, a novel by Ge Fei, reviewed by William Morris

September 27, 2016

NINETY-NINE STORIES OF GOD by Joy Williams reviewed by Kathryn Kulpa

September 22, 2016

SIGNS OF YOU, a young adult novel by Emily France, reviewed by Rebecca Lee

August 18, 2016

DISINHERITANCE, poems by John Sibley Williams, reviewed by Claire Oleson

August 17, 2016

LOCAL GIRL SWEPT AWAY, a young adult novel by Ellen Wittlinger, reviewed by Kristie Gadson

August 16, 2016

COSPLAYERS, a graphic narrative by Dash Shaw, reviewed by Helen Chazan

August 15, 2016

STONER, a novel by John Williams, 50th Anniversary Edition, reviewed by Michelle E. Crouch

August 12, 2016

ON THE EDGE, a novel by Rafael Chirbes, reviewed by David Grandouiller

August 10, 2016

A SLEEPLESS MAN SITS UP IN BED, poems by Anthony Seidman reviewed by Johnny Payne

August 9, 2016

Kanley Stubrick by Mike Kleine reviewed by Justin Goodman

August 5, 2016

A MEAL IN WINTER by Hubert Mingarelli reviewed by Jeanne Bonner

August 2, 2016

THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON by Kelly Barnhill reviewed by Mandy King

August 1, 2016

BRIGHT MAGIC: Stories by Alfred Döblin reviewed by KC Mead-Brewer

July 22, 2016

LOST WORDS, a novel by Nicola Gardini, reviewed by Claire Rudy Foster

July 21, 2016

BOILING LAKE, flash fiction by Sharon White, reviewed by Kenna O’Rourke

July 20, 2016

BRIGHTFELLOW, a novel by Rikki Ducornet, reviewed by Elizabeth Mosier

July 11, 2016

THE TRANSMIGRATION OF BODIES, a novel by Yuri Herrera, reviewed by Claire Rudy Foster

June 30, 2016

HOT DOG TASTE TEST, a graphic narrative, by Lisa Hanawalt reviewed by Matthew Horowitz

June 29, 2016

RITTENHOUSE WRITERS: Reflections on a Fiction Workshop by James Rahn reviewed by Jacqueline Kharouf

June 27, 2016

PEPLUM, a graphic narrative by Blutch, reviewed by Helen Chazan

June 23, 2016

THE DEAD IN DAYLIGHT, poems by Melody S. Gee, reviewed by Claire Oleson

June 22, 2016

A TYRANNY of PETTICOATS: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers & Other Badass Girls edited by Jessica Spotswood reviewed by Leticia Urieta

June 13, 2016

The Cretan Runner by George Psychoundakis and The Cowshed by Ji Xianlin, two memoirs reviewed by Beth Johnston

June 10, 2016

SAINT PAUL LIVES HERE (IN MINNESOTA), poems by Zach Czaia, reviewed by Hannah Kroonblawd

June 9, 2016

A FAIRLY GOOD TIME, a novel by Mavis Gallant, reviewed by Ashlee Paxton-Turner

June 7, 2016

OSTEND, nonfiction by Volker Weidermann, reviewed by Michelle Fost

June 6, 2016

BREAKFAST WITH NERUDA, a young adult novel by Laura Moe, reviewed by Kristie Gadson

June 3, 2016

EDIBLE FLOWERS, poems by Lucia Chericiu, reviewed by Claire Oleson

June 2, 2016

AMONG STRANGE VICTIMS, a novel by Daniel Saldaña París, reviewed by Lillian Brown

June 1, 2016

TONGUE SCREW, poems Heather Derr-Smith, reviewed by Johnny Payne

May 27, 2016

THE DEATHMASK OF EL GAUCHO, a novella by Dan Mancilla, reviewed by Michael Chin

May 26, 2016

THIS IS THE STORY OF YOU, a young adult novel by Beth Kephart, reviewed by Rachael Tague

May 18, 2016

ONE OUT OF TWO, a novel By Daniel Sada, reviewed by Kim Steele

May 13, 2016

QUIET CREATURE ON THE CORNER, a novel by João Gilberto Noll, reviewed by KC Mead-Brewer

May 12, 2016

THE CLOUDS, a novel by Juan José Saer, reviewed by Justin Goodman

May 10, 2016

HOLLOW HEART, a novel by Viola Di Grado, reviewed by Jeanne Bonner

May 9, 2016

OBLIVION, a novel by Sergei Lebedev, reviewed by Jacqueline Kharouf

May 5, 2016

EDIE (WHISPERING): POEMS FROM GREY GARDENS by Sarah Nichols reviewed by Allison Noelle Conner

May 4, 2016

BLACK WINGS HAS MY ANGEL, a novel by Elliott Chaze, reviewed by Claire Rudy Foster

May 3, 2016

DON’T THINK, stories by Richard Burgin, reviewed by Lynn Levin

May 2, 2016

A FIERCE AND SUBTLE POISON, a YA novel by Samantha Mabry, reviewed by Allison Renner

April 27, 2016

VOICELESS LOVE, poems by Katherine Brueck reviewed by Johnny Payne

April 21, 2016

THE USES OF NATURE, Four works of fiction reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

April 19, 2016

OPERATION NEMESIS, a graphic narrative by Josh Baylock reviewed by Jesse Allen

April 18, 2016

BABOON, short stories by Naja Marie Aidt reviewed by KC Mead-Brewer

April 14, 2016

Y.T. by Alexei Nikitin reviewed by Justin Goodman

April 12, 2016

PATIENCE, a graphic narrative by Daniel Clowes reviewed by Amy Victoria Blakemore

April 7, 2016

SEEING OFF THE JOHNS, a young adult novel by Rene S. Perez II reviewed by Leticia Urieta

April 4, 2016

FORTUNE’S FATE, a very long novel by Miriam Graham, reviewed with great forbearance by Flair Coody Roster (April Fools Issue)

April 1, 2016

THE BENEDICTINES, a novel by Rachel May, reviewed by Melissa Sarno

March 31, 2016

DEAD MAN’S FLOAT, poems by Jim Harrison, reviewed by Clare Paniccia

March 29, 2016

KALEIDOSCOPE, poems by Tina Barr, reviewed by Jeff Klebauskas

March 25, 2016

THE OVEN, a graphic narrative by Sophie Goldstein, reviewed by Brian Burmeister

March 23, 2016

AGONY, a graphic narrative by Mark Beyer reviewed by Helen Chazan

March 21, 2016

ON THE RUN WITH MARY, a novel by Jonathan Barrow reviewed by Ava Van der Meer

March 18, 2016

CONFESSIONS, a novel by Rabee Jaber reviewed by Justin Goodman

March 17, 2016

A MAN LIES DREAMING, a novel by Lavie Tidhar reviewed by Kylie Lee Baker

March 14, 2016

Louder Than Everything You Love, poems by Nicole Rollender, reviewed by Camille E. Davis

March 11, 2016

A SCHOOL FOR FOOLS, a novel by Sasha Sokolov reviewed by Kenna O’Rourke

March 10, 2016

BURN BABY BURN, a young adult novel by Meg Medina reviewed by Rachael Tague

March 9, 2016

GOOD ON PAPER, a novel by Rachel Cantor reviewed by Lillian Brown

March 4, 2016

THE GIRL IN THE WELL IS ME, a middle years novel by Karen Rivers, reviewed by Rebecca Lee

March 2, 2016

THE ETERNAUT, a graphic narrative by Héctor Germán Oesterheld reviewed by Natalie Pendergast

February 29, 2016

BLOOD HYPHEN, poems by Kenny Williams, reviewed by J.G. McClure

February 25, 2016

ALMOST EVERYTHING VERY FAST, a novel by Christopher Kloeble, reviewed by Elizabeth Mosier

February 23, 2016

ENIGMAS, poems by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, reviewed by Justin Goodman

February 18, 2016

IN OTHER WORDS, essays by Jhumpa Lahiri, reviewed by Michelle Fost

February 15, 2016

A 52-HERTZ WHALE, a YA novel by Bill Sommer and Natalie Haney Tilghman, reviewed by Kristie Gadson

February 9, 2016

THE LAST WEYNFELDT, a novel by Martin Suter, reviewed by KC Mead-Brewer

February 8, 2016

ABDUCTING A GENERAL, a memoir by Patrick Leigh Fermor, reviewed by Rory McCluckie

February 2, 2016

HERE COME THE DOGS, a novel by Omar Musa, reviewed by Claire Rudy Foster

February 1, 2016

A GIRL ON THE SHORE, a graphic narrative by Inio Asano, reviewed by Helen Chazan

January 28, 2016

THE ARAB OF THE FUTURE, a graphic narrative by Riad Sattouf, reviewed by Jesse Allen

January 5, 2016

OUT OF DARKNESS by Ashley Hope Pérez reviewed by Leticia Urieta

January 4, 2016

LOSE 7 by Michael DeForge reviewed by Helen Chazan

December 29, 2015

POENA DAMNI TRILOGY by Dimitris Lyacos reviewed by Justin Goodman

December 22, 2015

BREATH TO BREATH by Craig Lew reviewed by Heather Leah Huddleston

December 16, 2015

A HAND REACHED DOWN TO GUIDE ME by David Gates reviewed by Jeanne Bonner

December 15, 2015

AMERICAN GRAMOPHONE by Carey McHugh reviewed by Clare Paniccia

December 8, 2015

CONSEQUENCES: Four Books in Translation, reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

December 7, 2015

MASKS AND ICONS by R. Daniel Evans reviewed by Shinelle L. Espaillat

November 25, 2015

CAT IS ART SPELLED WRONG reviewed by Justin Goodman

November 23, 2015

STUMBLING OUT THE STABLE by Sean Pravica reviewed by KC Mead-Brewer

November 20, 2015

FAT CITY by Leonard Gardner reviewed by Claire Rudy Foster

November 17, 2015

KIDS IN THE WIND by Brad Wethern reviewed by Rachael Tague

November 16, 2015

A BLIND GUIDE TO STINKVILLE by Beth Vrabel reviewed by Mandy King

November 13, 2015

THE DEVIL AND WINNIE FLYNN by Micol Ostow and David Ostow reviewed by Rachael Tague

October 29, 2015

CALIGULAN by Ernest Hilbert reviewed by J.G. McClure

October 21, 2015

TALK by Linda Rosenkrantz reviewed by Rory McCluckie

October 16, 2015

INK AND ASHES by Valynne E. Maetani reviewed by Leticia Urieta

October 8, 2015

PUNK ELEGIES by Allan MacDonell and DADDY Madison Young reviewed by Johnny Payne

September 30, 2015

WAVELAND: One Woman’s Story of Freedom Summer by Simone Zelitch reviewed by Claire Rudy Foster

September 29, 2015

KILLING AUNTIE by Andrzej Bursa reviewed by Jacqueline Kharouf

September 28, 2015

DIORAMA by Rocío Cerón reviewed by Johnny Payne

September 22, 2015

FAR COUNTRY: STORIES FROM ABROAD AND OTHER PLACES, essays by Timothy Kenny reviewed by Beth Johnston

September 18, 2015

SUPPLICATION: Selected Poems by John Wieners reviewed by J.G. McClure

September 17, 2015

THE LITTLE TOWN WHERE TIME STOOD STILL by Bohumil Hrabal reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

September 14, 2015

LONG WALK TO VALHALLA by Adam Smith and Matthew Fox reviewed by Brazos Price

September 8, 2015

THE WAKE by Paul Kingsnorth reviewed by Claire Rudy Foster

September 3, 2015

THE TREE WITH NO NAME by Drago Jançar reviewed by Justin Goodman

September 3, 2015

Four Novels from Unnamed Press reviewed by Johnny Payne

September 2, 2015

CREATIVE WRITING PEDAGOGIES FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY edited by Alexandria Peary and Tom C. Hunley reviewed by Lynn Levin

August 31, 2015

ARE YOU SEEING ME? by Darren Groth reviewed by Allison Renner

August 25, 2015

A HOUSE MADE OF STARS by Tawnysha Greene reviewed by Kathryn Kulpa

August 12, 2015

HAW by Sean Jackson reviewed by Michelle Fost

August 11, 2015

HOW TO BE ANOTHER by Susan Lewis reviewed by Carlo Matos

August 10, 2015

TOUCHÉ by Rod Smith reviewed by Brandon Lafving

July 31, 2015

DOCTORS by Dash Shaw reviewed by Brian Burmeister

July 30, 2015

A HISTORY OF MONEY by Alan Pauls reviewed by Rory McCluckie

July 29, 2015

YOU DON’T SAY by Nate Powell reviewed by Stephanie Trott

July 25, 2015

SURVIVING SANTIAGO by Lyn Miller-Lachmann reviewed by Leticia Urieta

July 20, 2015

SUPERIOR PACKETS by Susie Timmons reviewed by Clare Paniccia

July 13, 2015

THE ARGONAUTS by Maggie Nelson reviewed by Gabriel Chazan

July 8, 2015

TOMBO by W.S. Di Piero reviewed by Johnny Payne

July 3, 2015

BETWEEN GRAMMARS by Danielle Vogel reviewed by Amanda Hickok

July 2, 2015

COUP DE FOUDRE by Ken Kalfus reviewed by Carolyn Daffron

June 30, 2015

THE TRAVELS OF DANIEL ASCHER by Déborah Lévy-Bertherat reviewed by Melissa M. Firman

June 26, 2015

THE BOOK OF LANEY by Myfanwy Collins reviewed by Kathryn Kulpa

June 23, 2015

THE REFUSAL OF SUITORS by Ryo Yamaguchi reviewed by Johnny Payne

June 19, 2015

ANDRE THE GIANT: LIFE AND LEGEND by Box Brown reviewed by Brian Burmeister

June 16, 2015

BLACK RIVER by Josh Simmons reviewed by Stephanie Trott

June 15, 2015

THE ART OF ASKING by Amanda Palmer reviewed by Justin Goodman

June 11, 2015

WHERE YOU END by Anna Pellicioli reviewed by Allison Renner

June 9, 2015

THE LAST FLIGHT OF POXL WEST by Daniel Torday reviewed by Michelle Fost

June 8, 2015

MENDELEEV’S MANDALA by Jessica Goodfellow reviewed by Camille E. Davis

June 4, 2015

RUNAWAY GOAT CART by Thomas Devaney reviewed by Anna Strong

June 3, 2015

FIRST YEAR HEALTHY by Michael DeForge reviewed by Travis DuBose

May 22, 2015

THE SILVER SWAN by Elena Delbanco reviewed by Hannah Judd

May 21, 2015

ALEXANDRIAN SUMMER by Yitzhak Gormezano Goren reviewed by Justin Goodman

May 19, 2015

SUPERMUTANT MAGIC ACADEMY by Jillian Tamaki reviewed by Jesse Allen

May 18, 2015

I REFUSE by Per Petterson reviewed by Claire Rudy Foster

May 15, 2015

BORB by Jason Little reviewed by Jesse Allen

May 14, 2015

TROMPE L’OEIL by Nancy Reisman reviewed by Michelle Fost

May 13, 2015

33 DAYS by Léon Werth reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

May 12, 2015

ENDING UP by Kingsley Amis reviewed by Jon Busch

May 6, 2015

ASHES IN MY MOUTH, SAND IN MY SHOES by Per Petterson reviewed by Rory McCluckie

May 1, 2015

DISPLACEMENT by Lucy Knisley reviewed by Travis DuBose

April 30, 2015

THE SEA by Blai Bonet reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

April 27, 2015

THE SCULPTOR by Scott McCloud reviewed by Amy Victoria Blakemore

April 22, 2015

GUYS LIKE ME by Dominique Fabre reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

April 13, 2015

I FOLLOW IN THE DUST SHE RAISES by Linda Martin & PLASH AND LEVITATION by Adam Tavel reviewed by Johnny Payne

April 10, 2015

BANNED FOR LIFE by Arlene Ang reviewed by Carlo Matos

April 7, 2015

TESLA: A PORTRAIT WITH MASKS by Vladimir Pištalo translated by Bogdan Rakic and John Jeffries reviewed by Rory McCluckie

March 26, 2015

SINGLE, CAREFREE, MELLOW by Katherine Heiny reviewed by Michelle Fost

March 24, 2015

THE 8TH HOUSE by Feng Sun Chen reviewed by Johnny Payne

March 17, 2015

UNDOING THE DEMOS: Neoliberalism’s Stealth Revolution by Wendy Brown reviewed by Irami Osei-Frimpong

March 16, 2015

THE GUILD OF SAINT COOPER by Shya Scanlon reviewed by Justin Goodman

March 12, 2015

THE GREAT FLOODGATES OF THE WONDERWORLD by Justin Hocking reviewed by Ana Schwartz

March 11, 2015

OUR ENDLESS NUMBERED DAYS by Claire Fuller reviewed by Elizabeth Mosier

March 10, 2015

THE SUGAR BOOK by Johannes Goransson reviewed by Johnny Payne

March 6, 2015

PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT LIFE by Atticus Lish reviewed by Jamie Fisher

March 5, 2015

THE BOATMAKER by John Benditt reviewed by Claire Rudy Foster

February 23, 2015

FOURTEEN STORIES, NONE OF THEM ARE YOURS by Luke B. Goebel reviewed by Jacob White

February 11, 2015

LEAVETAKING by Peter Weiss reviewed by Claire Rudy Foster

February 10, 2015

TIME PRESENT AND TIME PAST by Deirdre Madden reviewed by Annika Neklason

February 9, 2015

WE’LL GO TO CONEY ISLAND by Barbara Scheiber reviewed by Ashlee Paxton-Turner

February 5, 2015

THE UNSPEAKABLE: AND OTHER SUBJECTS OF DISCUSSION by Meghan Daum reviewed by Jamie Fisher

February 3, 2015

THE CAPTAIN’S DAUGHTER by Alexander Pushkin reviewed by Derek M. Brown

February 2, 2015

BOMBYONDER by Reb Livingston reviewed by Brent Terry

January 30, 2015

THINK TANK by Julie Carr reviewed by Johnny Payne

January 29, 2015

LEARNING CYRILLIC by David Albahari reviewed by Jon Busch

January 28, 2015

THE SCAPEGOAT by Sophia Nikolaidou reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

January 27, 2015

THE DOOR by Magda Szabó reviewed by Claire Rudy Foster

January 26, 2015

HOW YOU WERE BORN by Kate Cayley reviewed by Michelle Fost

January 22, 2015

YOU’LL ENJOY IT WHEN YOU GET THERE The Stories of Elizabeth Taylor reviewed by Claire Rudy Foster

January 20, 2015

AND THE GIRLS WORRIED TERRIBLY by Dot Devota reviewed by Julia Paganelli

January 19, 2015

HOW AMERICANS MAKE RACE by Clarissa Rile Hayward reviewed by Irami Osei-Frimpong

January 17, 2015

EVERLASTING LANE by Andrew Lovett reviewed by Claire Rudy Foster

January 16, 2015

THE OPPOSITE OF LONELINESS by Marina Keegan reviewed by Colleen Davis

January 15, 2015

RED JUICE: POEMS 1998–2008 by Hoa Nguyen reviewed by Kenna O’Rourke

January 14, 2015

A QUESTION OF TRADITION: WOMEN POETS IN YIDDISH by Kathryn Hellerstein reviewed by Alyssa Quint

January 13, 2015

THE DEEP ZOO by Rikki Ducornet reviewed by Kim Steele

January 7, 2015

THE GHOST IN US WAS MULTIPLYING by Brent Armendinger reviewed by Johnny Payne

January 6, 2015

THE MATHEMATICIAN’S SHIVA by Stuart Rojstaczer reviewed by Michelle Fost

January 2, 2015

THE USE OF MAN by Aleksandar Tišma reviewed by Jamie Fisher

December 29, 2014

10:04 by Ben Lerner reviewed by Ana Schwartz

December 18, 2014

WORKING STIFFS by George Dila reviewed by Jon Busch

December 15, 2014

Brief Eulogies at Roadside Shrines by Mark Lyons reviewed by Jon Busch

November 13, 2014

ORPHANS by Hadrien Laroche reviewed by Jamie Fisher

November 9, 2014

IN THE EVENT OF FULL DISCLOSURE by Cynthia Atkins reviewed by Arya F. Jenkins

November 6, 2014

BLOWIN’ IT by Wintfred Huskey reviewed by Claire Rudy Foster

October 29, 2014

ON THE ABOLITION OF ALL POLITICAL PARTIES by Simone Weil, translated by Simon Leys reviewed by Ana Schwartz

October 28, 2014

TOTEMPOLE by Sanford Friedman reviewed by Derek M. Brown

October 27, 2014

Bolaño: A BIOGRAPHY IN CONVERSATIONS by Mónica Maristain reviewed by Ana Schwartz

October 24, 2014

PANIC IN A SUITCASE by Yelena Akhtiorskaya reviewed by Michelle Fost

October 23, 2014

THE WOMAN WHO BORROWED MEMORIES by Tove Jansson reviewed by Jamie Fisher

October 22, 2014

HOW WE CAME UPON THE COLONY by Ross White reviewed by J.G. McClure

October 21, 2014

SISTER GOLDEN HAIR by Darcey Steinke reviewed by Devon McReynolds

October 20, 2014

MY LIFE AS A FOREIGN COUNTRY: A MEMOIR by Brian Turner reviewed by Jamie Fisher

October 18, 2014

ANOTHER MAN’S CITY by Choe In-Ho reviewed by Claire Rudy Foster

October 15, 2014

THE WILDS by Julia Elliott reviewed by Kim Steele

October 14, 2014

THE DEATH OF ARCHIE: A LIFE CELEBRATED by Paul Kupperberg et al reviewed by Natalie Pendergast

October 13, 2014

CONQUISTADOR OF THE USELESS by Joshua Isard reviewed by Jon Busch

October 10, 2014

Augustus by John Williams reviewed by Ana Schwartz

October 9, 2014

DUPLEX by Kathryn Davis reviewed by Claire Rudy Foster

October 8, 2014

JOURNEY BY MOONLIGHT by Antal Szerb reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

October 7, 2014

THING MUSIC by Anthony McCann reviewed by Matthew Girolami

October 3, 2014

I CALLED HIM NECKTIE by Milena Michiko Flašar reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

October 1, 2014

THE SEARCH FOR HEINRICH SCHLÖGEL by Martha Baillie reviewed by Jamie Fisher

September 30, 2014

HARLEQUIN’S MILLIONS by Bohumil Hrabal and WHO IS MARTHA? by Marjana Gaponenko reviewed by Michelle E. Crouch

September 29, 2014

TWO FAINT LINES IN THE VIOLET by Lissa Kiernan reviewed by Carlo Matos

September 25, 2014

OUR LADY OF THE NILE by Scholastique Mukasonga reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

September 18, 2014

NOTHING IN BETWEEN by Marybeth Rua-Larsen reviewed by Shinelle Espaillat

September 15, 2014

CELEBRATED SUMMER by Charles Forsman reviewed by Stephanie Trott

September 4, 2014

PRAYER OF CONFESSION by Jen Karetnick reviewed by Amanda Hickok

August 26, 2014

BALTHUS: A BIOGRAPHY by Nicholas Fox Weber reviewed by Gabriel Chazan

August 22, 2014

ALL OF YOU ON THE GOOD EARTH By Ernest Hilbert reviewed by J.G. McClure

August 19, 2014

THIS ONE SUMMER by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki reviewed by Natalie Pendergast

August 11, 2014

BILATERAL ASYMMETRY by Don Riggs reviewed by Shinelle L. Espaillat

August 7, 2014

MY STRUGGLE: BOOK THREE: BOYHOOD by Karl Ove Knausgaard translated by Dan Bartlett reviewed by Ana Schwartz

July 31, 2014

TALKATIVENESS by Michael Earl Craig reviewed by Anthony Blake

July 30, 2014

BIRDS ON THE KISWAR TREE by Odi Gonzalez translated by Lynn Levin reviewed by J.G. McClure

July 29, 2014

DARK. SWEET.: NEW & SELECTED POEMS by Linda Hogan reviewed by Amanda Hickok

July 28, 2014

TITULADA by Elena Minor reviewed by Anna Strong

July 25, 2014

THE FORGOTTEN MAN: A New History of the Great Depression Graphic Edition by Amity Shlaes reviewed by Jesse Allen

July 24, 2014

HOME LEAVE by Brittani Sonnenberg reviewed by Michelle Fost

July 23, 2014

SELECTED POEMS by Mark Ford reviewed by Matthew Girolami

July 22, 2014

CONVERSATIONS by César Aira reviewed by Ana Schwartz

July 21, 2014

VELVET RODEO by Kelly McQuain reviewed by Matthew Girolami

July 18, 2014

EDISON’S GHOST MACHINE by Jennifer Faylor reviewed by Nodar Kipshidze

July 17, 2014

IMAGO by Lindsay Lusby dancing girl press & studio reviewed by Kenna O’Rourke

July 15, 2014

CHANGE MACHINE by Bruce Covey reviewed by J.G. McClure

July 15, 2014

AGOSTINO by Alberto Moravia and MR. BOARDWALK by Louis Greenstein reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

July 14, 2014

I COULD SEE EVERYTHING: THE PAINTINGS OF MARGAUX WILLIAMSON by Margaux Williamson reviewed by Gabriel Chazan

July 14, 2014

HOUSE ON FIRE by Susan Yount reviewed by Carlo Matos

June 19, 2014

SPHERES OF DISTURBANCE by Amy Schutzer reviewed by Elizabeth Mosier

June 19, 2014

A BINTEL BRIEF: LOVE AND LONGING IN OLD NEW YORK by Liana Finck reviewed by Ana Schwartz

June 9, 2014

ZOONOSIS by Kelly Boyker reviewed by Carlo Matos

May 22, 2014

OUTSIDE THE BOX: INTERVIEWS WITH CONTEMPORARY CARTOONISTS by Hillary L. Chute reviewed by Seamus O’Malley

May 21, 2014

THE GALAXY CLUB by Brendan Connell reviewed by Ashlee Paxton-Turner

May 20, 2014

MANTIC by Maureen Alsop reviewed by Matthew Girolami

May 19, 2014

INSEL by Mina Loy reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

May 12, 2014

ELSA by Tsipi Keller reviewed by Lynn Levin

May 8, 2014

FOXES ON THE TRAMPOLINE by Charlotte Boulay reviewed by Matthew Girolami

May 7, 2014

TwERK by LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs reviewed by Shinelle L. Espaillat

April 30, 2014

FLYOVER LIVES: A MEMOIR by Diane Johnson reviewed by Colleen Davis

April 21, 2014

APOLLO by Geoffrey Gatza reviewed by Carlo Matos

April 18, 2014

THE NO VARIATIONS: THE DIARY OF AN UNFINISHED NOVEL by Luis Chitarroni reviewed by Ana Schwartz

April 17, 2014

AMERICAN SONGBOOK by Michael Ruby reviewed by Ana Schwartz

April 8, 2014

MAURICE SENDAK: A CELEBRATION OF THE ARTIST AND HIS WORK reviewed by Tahneer Oksman

April 7, 2014

THE UNDERSTORY by Pamela Erens reviewed by Ashlee Paxton-Turner

March 31, 2014

ON LOVING WOMEN by Diane Obomsawin reviewed by Amy Victoria Blakemore

March 26, 2014

THE WORLD’S SMALLEST BIBLE by Dennis Must and DURING THE REIGN OF THE QUEEN OF PERSIA by Joan Chase, reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

March 20, 2014

DEAR GRAVITY by Gregory Djanikian reviewed by Anna Strong

March 14, 2014

MORE THAN YOU KNOW by Melissa Malouf reviewed by Elizabeth Mosier

March 10, 2014

DEPT. OF SPECULATION by Jenny Offill reviewed by Michelle Fost

February 18, 2014

THE HYPOTHETICAL GIRL by Elizabeth Cohen reviewed by Michelle Fost

February 7, 2014

THE DISMAL SCIENCE by Peter Mountford reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

February 4, 2014

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EARLY EARTH by Isabel Greenberg reviewed by Stephanie Trott

February 3, 2014

THE OLD PRIEST by Anthony Wallace reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

January 27, 2014

BLOOM IN REVERSE by Teresa Leo reviewed by Anna Strong

January 24, 2014

The New York Nobody Knows by William Helmreich and Baghdad: The City in Verse edited by Reuven Snir reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

January 22, 2014

HERE COME THE WARM JETS by Alli Warren reviewed by Vanessa Martini

January 21, 2014

MERMAID: A Memoir of Resilience by Eileen Cronin reviewed by Colleen Davis

January 17, 2014

SCATTERED VERTEBRAE by Jerrold Yam reviewed by Kenna O’Rourke

January 16, 2014

CARDBOARD PIANO by Rina Terry reviewed by Shinelle L. Espaillat

January 13, 2014

SUPERLOOP by Nicole Callihan reviewed by Anna Strong

January 12, 2014

LITTLE FISH: A MEMOIR OF A DIFFERENT KIND OF YEAR by Ramsey Beyer reviewed by Stephanie Trott

December 5, 2013

CONTROLLED HALLUCINATIONS by John Sibley Williams reviewed by Anna Strong

December 4, 2013

THE GRAVEYARD by Marek Hłasko reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

December 3, 2013

MY DIRTY DUMB EYES by Lisa Hanawalt reviewed by Margaret Galvan

December 2, 2013

A CONVERSATION WITH NATHANIEL POPKIN by Roberta Fallon

November 18, 2013

PACHYDERME by Frederik Peeters reviewed by Brazos Price

November 11, 2013

GILGI, ONE OF US By Irmgard Keun reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

November 4, 2013

SIDEWALK DANCING by Letitia Moffitt reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

November 1, 2013

BLINDING: THE LEFT WING by Mircea Cărtărescu reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

October 17, 2013

WHERE SOMEBODY WAITS by Margaret Kaufman reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

October 15, 2013

WE WON’T SEE AUSCHWITZ By Jérémie Dres reviewed by Stephanie Trott

October 11, 2013

The Property by Rutu Modan reviewed by Amelia Moulis

October 10, 2013

THE GEOGRAPHY OF MEMORY: A PILGRIMAGE THROUGH ALZHEIMER’S by Jeanne Murray Walker Reviewed by Elizabeth Mosier

October 7, 2013

HALF THE KINGDOM by Lore Segal reviewed by Michelle Fost

October 1, 2013

THE FARAWAY NEARBY by Rebecca Solnit reviewed by Colleen Davis

September 25, 2013

RELISH: MY LIFE IN THE KITCHEN By Lucy Knisley reviewed by Stephanie Trott

September 21, 2013

Two Cities, Two Outsiders, Two Novels reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

September 19, 2013

ON GHOSTS by Elizabeth Robinson reviewed by Vanessa Martini

September 17, 2013

IN THE COURTYARD OF THE KABBALIST by Ruchama King Feuerman reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

September 16, 2013

THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE POEMS by Dave Newman reviewed by William Boyle

September 15, 2013

THE INTERESTINGS by Meg Wolitzer reviewed by Chris Ludovici

September 10, 2013

THE AVERSIVE CLAUSE by B.C. Edwards reviewed by Shinelle L. Espaillat

August 29, 2013

CALLING DR LAURA By Nicole J Georges reviewed by Amelia Moulis

August 20, 2013

HANDLING THE TRUTH: ON THE WRITING OF MEMOIR by Beth Kephart reviewed by Stephanie Trott

August 18, 2013

CARTOON COLLEGE by Josh Melrod and Tara Wray reviewed by Amy Victoria Blakemore

August 15, 2013

THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF NATHANIEL P. by Adelle Waldman reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

August 11, 2013

SCRATCH PEGASUS by Stephen Kessler reviewed by Kenna O’Rourke

August 11, 2013

SO LONG, SILVER SCREEN by Blutch reviewed by Gabriel Chazan

August 8, 2013

RECALCULATING by Charles Bernstein reviewed by Mary Weston

August 6, 2013

THE MEHLIS REPORT by Rabee Jaber reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

August 5, 2013

DAVID LYNCH SWERVES by Martha P. Nochimson reviewed by Chris Ludovici

July 31, 2013

THE HARE by César Aira | reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

July 24, 2013

RUST BELT RISING ALMANAC, Vol. 1 reviewed by Ariel Diliberto

July 23, 2013

BARNABY VOL. 1 by Crockett Johnson | reviewed by Travis DuBose

July 19, 2013

NONO APOCALYPSE by Monica Wendel reviewed by Kenna O’Rourke

July 15, 2013

THE SENSUALIST by Daniel Torday reviewed by Michelle Fost

July 15, 2013

THE OFFICE OF MERCY by Ariel Djanikian reviewed by John Carroll

July 5, 2013

WOMEN’S POETRY: POEMS AND ADVICE by Daisy Fried reviewed by Shinelle L. Espaillat

June 28, 2013

THE END by Anders Nilsen reviewed by Henry Steinberg

June 28, 2013

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DANIEL J. ISENGART by Filip Noterdaeme reviewed by Michelle Fost

June 27, 2013

THE FLAMETHROWERS by Rachel Kushner reviewed by Chris Ludovici

June 25, 2013

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE by Ulli Lust reviewed by Tahneer Oksman

June 21, 2013

THE TRANSLATOR by Nina Schuyler reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

June 21, 2013

HE LOOKED BEYOND MY FAULTS AND SAW MY NEEDS by Leonard Gontarek reviewed by Brandon Lafving

June 13, 2013

CARNIVAL by Rawi Hage | reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin

June 12, 2013

RAVEN GIRL by Audrey Niffenegger reviewed by Amy Victoria Blakemore

June 10, 2013

EQUILATERAL by Ken Kalfus reviewed by Chris Ludovici

June 8, 2013

DR. RADWAY’S SARSAPARILLA RESOLVENT by Beth Kephart reviewed by Michelle Fost

June 6, 2013

SOLECISM by Rosebud Ben-Oni reviewed by Kenna O’Rourke

June 2, 2013

YOU’RE ALL JUST JEALOUS OF MY JETPACK by Tom Gauld reviewed by Rebecca Dubow

May 29, 2013

BOX SCORE by Kevin Varrone reviewed by Anna Strong

May 25, 2013

MISS PLASTIQUE by Lynn Levin reviewed by Michelle Reale

May 24, 2013

MOODS by Rachel B. Glaser, reviewed by Kenna O’Rourke

May 17, 2013

POEMS FOR THE WRITING by Valerie Fox and Lynn Levin reviewed by Shinelle L. Espaillat

May 16, 2013

MY BEAUTIFUL BUS by Jacques Jouet, translated by Eric Lamb reviewed by Michelle Fost

May 14, 2013