Book Review
Guardians of Life
by Mike Good
Both breathtaking and intimate, Kiliii Yuyan’s powerful photojournalism anthology "Guardians of Life" captures Indigenous-led efforts to reconnect people and the planet through traditional cultural practices. Central is the concept of...
Book Review
City Like Water
by Mike Good
In Dorothy Tse’s striking, surreal novella "City Like Water", a person navigates a contorted reality in a nameless city. An unnamed narrator experiences displacement, both in memory and space. They recall the top bunk they once slept...
Book Review
100 Books to Live By
by Mike Good
With an easygoing style, Joseph Piercy recommends one hundred notable works of world literature through the medicinal lens of bibliotherapy. As a mental health practice, bibliotherapy centralizes writing and literature as a means to help...
Book Review
Sons of Day & Night
by Mike Good
Mariposa Aristeo’s rich novel Sons of Day & Night is filled with dramatic foils as doppelgängers fight for justice. The realm of Twinsbane is inhabited by the sons of the day and the sons of the night, twins whose lives are...
Book Review
One, None, and a Hundred Grand
by Mike Good
In Luigi Pirandello’s philosophical novel "One, None, and a Hundred Grand", a personal identity crisis leads to profound explorations of the self and ego. After Vitangelo’s wife, Dida, reveals to him that his nose tilts to the right,...
Book Review
The Possibility of Tenderness
by Mike Good
About connection with the land, Jason Allen Paisant’s memoir "The Possibility of Tenderness" follows a return home after creating a life and family abroad. Throughout his trip to Coffee Town, Jamaica, Paisant yearns for a more holistic...
Book Review
Eternal Summer
by Mike Good
In Franziska Gänsler’s moving novel "Eternal Summer", a woman in distress and her daughter arrive at a quiet German hotel, finding unexpected companionship with the hotel owner. Horrific wildfires and heatwaves mark the setting...
Book Review
Sage’s Multiverse Mini-Series
by Mike Good
A multilayered text that revels in creation, speculation, and critique, "Sage’s Multiverse Mini-Series" is a challenging and delightful science fiction collection. Written with flair, Karima Vargas Bushnell’s speculative novel...
