Dzanc Review by David Starkey I knew George Singleton for a couple of years back in the early nineties. We were both untenured instructors at a small state university in…
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Heather by Caitlin Mullen
Celadon Review by Walter Cummins Caitlin Mullen’s Please See Us received the Edgar first novel award in 2021. Whether Heather will follow with similar affirmation from mystery judges is still…
Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century by Ece Temelkuran
Scribner Canada Review by Brian Tanguay By the reckoning of the acclaimed Turkish writer, Ece Temelkuran, there are many ways to become unhomed. Climate change, war, and rising fascism are…
American Alt: A True Story of Madness and Friendship in a Fractured Country by Chris Lockhart
Bloomsbury Review by Brian Tanguay At various points in this remarkable account of friendship and mental illness, I had to remind myself that I was reading nonfiction. So vivid is…
Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old by Mary Beard
Chicago Review by David Starkey If you thought the Greek and Roman classics were stuffy but serious and timeless guides to the Good, the Beautiful, and the Wise, Mary Beard…
The Family Man: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh by James Lasdun
Norton Review by Walter Cummins Of course, I had heard of Alex Murdaugh. It would have been difficult not to if you followed the news after 2019. How could the…
The Kindness of Strangers by Emma Garman
Summit Review by Walter Cummins I was more than half way through The Kindness of Strangers before I realized Emma Garman’s real subject in this novel, the uncertainty of identity.…
Breathing Is How Some People Stay Alive: Stories by Alison Gadsby
Guernica Review by Brian Tanguay Competitive or recreational swimming is a tableau for most of the nineteen stories in this collection, along with family conflict, failed love and humanoids with…
Python’s Kiss: Stories by Louise Erdrich
Harper Review by David Starkey Louise Erdrich occupies one of those rare and coveted positions among contemporary authors: like Ann Patchett, Colson Whitehead, Jonathan Franzen, the late Hilary Mantel, and…
Children of Radium: A Buried Inheritance by Joe Dunthorne
Scribner Review by Walter Cummins We imagine writers doing research as individuals behind a computer screen or in a library carrel surrounded by piles of books and documents, perhaps also…