Purchase a copy for yourself here! For the title of her fourth novel, Long Bright River, Liz Moore borrowed a phrase from an Alfred Lord Tennyson poem, which describes a race of people who, “Sow the seed, and reap the harvest with enduring toil,Storing yearly little dues of wheat, and wine and oil;Till they perish… Continue reading Long Bright River by Liz Moore
Category: Fiction
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Literary criticism in the modern age has been forced to confront the increasing democratization of the art space, as tools like the internet allow greater access to what was previously considered “high art”, reserved for only the most sophisticated intellectuals. As the distinction between highbrow and lowbrow entertainment has… Continue reading The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
Purchase a copy for yourself here! The Female Persuasion is Meg Wolitzer’s eleventh novel, and feels in many ways like a response to the #MeToo movement and the reemergence of feminism in the cultural conversation. The novel focuses on women of different generations coming to terms with the ways that the world works, offering and… Continue reading The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Marlon James’ 2015 Man Booker Prize-winning novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings, is virtually impossible to summarize in any meaningful way. The novel is a sprawling epic said amid a time of political chaos in Jamaica during the 1960s and 70s, featuring fifteen narrators, each with unique dialects… Continue reading A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
Purchase a copy for yourself here! It’s been over a decade since Elizabeth Strout published her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Olive Kitteridge. In the intervening years, the novel was adapted as an award winning series for HBO starring Frances McDormand. Strout has returned to her eponymous heroine in Olive, Again, a collection of stories about the… Continue reading Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
Purchase a copy for yourself here! A Long Petal of the Sea is the twenty-third novel from Isabel Allende, whose prolific career has spanned across decades and continents. The same can be said of her most recent novel, which begins with the Spanish Civil War, and follows the mass exodus of Spanish citizens fleeing from… Continue reading A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
Purchase a copy for yourself here! In his most recent novel, Interior Chinatown, Charles Yu brings his signature wit and inventiveness to a narrative that explores Asian identity, specifically through a popular media lens. The novel is set in a fictional universe where the whole world is a series of scripted television programs, and all… Continue reading Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
Verge by Lidia Yuknavitch
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Verge is the first story collection from Lidia Yuknavitch, author of the memoir The Chronology of Water, and the novels The Small Backs of Children, Dora, and most recently, The Book of Joan. The collection is made up of strange stories about characters living on the margins of society,… Continue reading Verge by Lidia Yuknavitch
Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Black Leopard Red Wolf is the most recent novel from Jamaican author Marlon James, and the follow up to his Man Booker Prize-winning 2014 novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings. James has stated that this novel is the first in his Dark Star trilogy, which will be a… Continue reading Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Bernadine Evaristo’s eighth work of fiction, Girl, Woman, Other, earned her the Booker Prize for Fiction in 2019, marking the first instance in which the prize has ever been awarded to a black woman. The novel centers on the experiences of twelve black women in Britain, all of whom… Continue reading Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo