Notes from the Fog, the latest story collection from Ben Marcus, gathers pieces from a…
Books
Grace Will Lead Us Home: by Jennifer Berry Hawes
Hawes forces us to see all the shattered lives left behind after a shooting and…
Funny Man: by Patrick McGilligan
McGilligan tends to get lost in the minutiae of the post-war entertainment industry, granting inordinate…
Lanny: by Max Porter
Unlike other novels in only the most superficial of ways: its insipid style.
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2019: Edited by Laura Furman
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2019 is an excellent collection, one that will creatively and…
Social Creature: by Tara Isabella Burton
A glitzy, frenetic look at New York’s social elite and the toxic friendship that throttles…
Skeleton Keys: by Brian Switek
A lovingly crafted biography, of sorts, of bone.
Loudermilk: Or, The Real Poet; Or, The Origin of the World: by Lucy Ives
A novel to be returned to over and over again both for its hilarity and…
The Dark Fantastic: by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
The Dark Fantastic is a grand disappointment.
Love’s Betrayal: by Peter Mulholland
Love’s Betrayal conveys the human fragility beneath diligent scholarship.