STARRED Book Review: Weft
WEFT by Kevin Allardice ((Madrona Books) is a powerful and unexpected novel about the ties that bind us to family and the lies we weave to make ourselves feel safe. Reviewed by Nick Rees Gardner.
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STARRED Book Review: The Villagers
THE VILLAGERS by Derek Owens is a playful, brutal, dreamy, sticky slideshow of fables and images told with eye-winking charm. Check out what Joshua Bligh has to say in his STARRED book review of this Animal Heart Press book.
STARRED Book Review: Mid-Flight
Find out why Andrea Marks-Joseph would pay anything to read a sequel of this sci-fi romance right now. Here’s her starred book review of MID-FLIGHT by Lisa Wilkes (Extasy Books).
STARRED Book Review: A Moonserpent Tale
A MOONSERPENT TALE by Rosemarie Montefusco is a high fantasy filled with danger, adventure, magic, and romance. Check out what Kathy L. Brown has to say in her starred review of this indie fantasy novel.
STARRED Book Review: Dreaming in Chinese
DREAMING IN CHINESE by William Tsung is an act of resistance and self-preservation; an ode to the resilient human spirit. Check out what Samantha Hui has to say in her book review of this indie memoir.
STARRED Book Review: The Nature Book
THE NATURE BOOK by Tom Comitta is a bold exploratory work and canonical collage of the natural world. Check out more of what Nick Rees Gardner has to say in his book review of this Coffee House Press novel.
STARRED Book Review: The Way of the Cicadas
THE WAY OF THE CICADAS by Audrey Henley is a striking sci-fi novel about a group of teens leaving the shelter of their bunker for the first time in a decade. Check out what Andrea Marks-Joseph has to say in her book review of this indie novel.
STARRED Book Review: Monstrilio
MONSTRILIO by Gerardo Sámano Córdova is a magically different approach to grief and loss to question the very essence of what it is to be human. Check out what Akram Herrak has to say in his book review of this Zando novel.
STARRED Book Review: The pause and the breath
THE PAUSE AND THE BREATH by Kwame Sound Daniels is a tender perspective of a singular yet universal human experience. Check out what Samantha Hui has to say about this Atmosphere Press poetry collection.
STARRED Book Review: I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
I KEEP MY EXOSKELETONS TO MYSELF by Marisa Crane is an intimate study of a queer widow’s grief, shame, and parenting under an oppressive surveillance state. Check out what Andrea Marks-Joseph has to say in her book review of this Catapult novel.