Book Review
The Hungry and the Haunted
by Bella Moses
The intimate short stories of Rilla Askew’s "The Hungry and the Haunted" illuminate lives touched by grief, guilt, and social change. Set in Oklahoma and the American Southwest during the 1970s and told across multiple perspectives,...
Book Review
Untangling
by Bella Moses
"Untangling" is a comforting and supportive self-help guide that illuminates an empathetic process of self-transformation. Barbara McGavin and Ann Weiser Cornell’s transformative self-help guide "Untangling" cuts to the heart of...
Book Review
The Coin
by Bella Moses
In Yasmin Zaher’s novel "The Coin", an immigrant navigates a bizarre sociopolitical web of glamour, obsession, filth, and tragedy. After both her parents are killed in a quotidian accident, a wealthy woman leaves Palestine and fitfully...
Book Review
François
by Bella Moses
Kyle Thomas Smith’s thoughtful memoir about coming to terms with one’s desires and ambitions, "François" covers an early and influential love affair. Kyle Thomas Smith’s reflective memoir "François" is about a life-changing,...
Book Review
The Default World
by Bella Moses
Naomi Kanakia’s sparkling novel "The Default World" exposes the shaky foundations of community, love, and found family in post-capitalist San Francisco. After being cast out by her conservative Indian parents and struggling to build a...
Book Review
The Forgetters
by Bella Moses
Greg Sarris’s short story collection "The Forgetters" is a triumphant testament to the power of storytelling. Answer Woman and Question Woman sit perched on a fence rail atop Sonoma Mountain. Answer Woman remembers all the stories but...
Book Review
Cicada Summer
by Bella Moses
In Erica McKeen’s dazzling novel "Cicada Summer", a young woman, her ex-lover, and her aging grandfather reckon with the aftermath of tragedy while cloistered together in a remote cabin in the Canadian wilderness. In the summer of...
Book Review
It Was Her New York
by Bella Moses
A vibrant memoir, "It Was Her New York" weaves a tangled web of cultural memories. C. O. Moed’s "It Was Her New York" is a moving, unconventional memoir that blends personal and cultural history to explore the process and aftermath of...