Purchase a copy for yourself here! Oyinkan Braithwaite’s debut novel is a richly textured story concerned with loyalty and compassion imagined within the confines of tight crime-novel pacing. Braithwaite’s masterful prose and sharp wit gave me that rare feeling when I finished the novel that I had not actually taken a breath since starting it.… Continue reading My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
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Little Weirds by Jenny Slate
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Jenny Slate’s new book, Little Weirds, is hard to characterize in terms of format. It’s part memoir, part essay collection, part mini revelations. The comedian and actress writes about divorce, friendship, loneliness, and the patriarchy. Her writing is anything but direct, and she circles these larger topics somewhat hazily,… Continue reading Little Weirds by Jenny Slate
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Purchase a copy for yourself here! The Testaments is Margaret Atwood’s response to fans that have been clamoring for answers about the fate of characters from her 1985 classic, The Handmaid’s Tale. This original text has taken on a new relevance in the Trump Era, as the religious right has risen to prominence once again,… Continue reading The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Marilou is Everywhere by Sarah Elaine Smith
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Sarah Elaine Smith’s debut novel, Marilou is Everywhere, is a less than glamorous coming-of-age story about what it means to be an outsider in one’s own body. The novel, set in a quiet town in southwestern Pennsylvania, is told from the perspective of fourteen-year-old Cindy Stoat. Cindy’s mother often… Continue reading Marilou is Everywhere by Sarah Elaine Smith