Quarterly Stories, Belated: Summer 2023

2024-01-15T16:41:33-05:00

Akpan, MacLeod, Muñoz, Savaş, Talty and Tamayose Short Stories in April, May and June 2023 Whether in a dedicated collection or a magazine, these stories capture a variety of reading moods. This quarter, I returned to two favourite writers and also explored four new-to-me story writers.

Quarterly Stories, Belated: Summer 20232024-01-15T16:41:33-05:00

Connecting Thread: From Roe to Revolution (1 of 5)

2022-01-21T20:26:23-05:00

At first, I planned to carry on with my non-fiction and fiction rhythm from my booklog. While I was reading up on Lauren Groff to review her new book for The Chicago Review of Books, I came across her essay “The Ambivalent Activist, Jane Roe” in Fight of the

Connecting Thread: From Roe to Revolution (1 of 5)2022-01-21T20:26:23-05:00

Dear Reader: What’s Told? Or, the Telling of It?

2020-05-15T15:05:12-04:00

In my recent reading, it’s been as much about how the story is told as it’s been about the story itself. This certainly isn’t a new idea—these examples span three decades—but sometimes the phenomenon is more prevalent in my stacks. Maybe you’ve read some of these, or maybe

Dear Reader: What’s Told? Or, the Telling of It?2020-05-15T15:05:12-04:00

Margarita Engle #WorldLiteratureToday

2020-03-11T17:37:48-04:00

This literary magazine has been adding to my TBR for years. Its coverage has consistently been outstanding and now I’m thrilled to say that I’m making a very small contribution to its pages as well. In this issue I review Québécoise author, Audrée Wilhelmy’s new novel in translation,

Margarita Engle #WorldLiteratureToday2020-03-11T17:37:48-04:00

A Trio of Louise Erdrich Novels

2018-11-06T15:18:06-05:00

Talk of The Painted Drum (2005), The Plague of Doves (2008) and Shadow Tag (2010) in under 300 words each, with an eye to finishing a project. The Painted Drum is one of Erdrich’s accessible novels (I also recommend The Last Miracles at Little No Horse and The Master Butchers Singing

A Trio of Louise Erdrich Novels2018-11-06T15:18:06-05:00
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