Category: Books

Optic Nerve

May 2, 2019

By Maria Gainza; Ingram Publisher Services, April 2019 In reading Maria Gainza’s highly original new book, Optic Nerve, I was reminded of a quote I came across recently by Joan Miró: “You can look...

Daisy Jones & The Six

Mar 26, 2019

By Taylor Jenkins Reid; Random House, March 2019 Before the internet and social media made it impossible to hide anything you’ve ever done, being famous involved an often impervious layer of...

Extinctions

Feb 27, 2019

By Josephine Wilson; Tin House Books, November 2018 Extinctions, the newest novel by Josephine Wilson, is a fascinating book. Most times, when reading a story, you get a sense of an author’s...

The Psychology of Time Travel

Feb 7, 2019

By Kate Mascarenhas; Crooked Lane Books, February 2019 It was with quite a bit of excitement going in that I picked up Kate Mascarenhas’ upcoming novel, The Psychology of Time Travel, mainly because...

The Witch Elm

Nov 26, 2018

By Tana French; Viking, October 2018 In her 2012 blog post entitled, “Why Teaching Equality Hurts Men,” author Roz Meadows made this entirely prescient statement: “Never having experienced...