Review: Complicit, Winnie M. Li, Emily Bestler Books – Winnie M Li, in her upcoming novel, Complicity, loops us back into the MeToo# movement.
Kate Padilla
Kate Padilla is an author, poet and artist. Her book, Apples Rot on the Ground (May 2020), is a collection of gut-wrenching poems detailing the racism and bigotry that existed for Hispanic families in early New Mexico & Wyoming.
Book Review: When We Were Bright and Beautiful by Jillian Medoff
When We Were Bright and Beautiful, Jillian Medoff, Harper Collins – Jillian Medoff delves into the perilous subjects of pornography, consent and sexual assault in her suspenseful novel, “When We Were Bright and Beautiful
Book Review: Please Join Us by Catherine McKenzie
Book Review: Please Join Us, Catherine McKenzie, Atria Books – Catharine McKenzie’s new thriller, “Please Join Us,” pivots around Nicole Mueller, a hard-working lawyer, whose boss tells her she is not bringing in enough “billable hours” so her job is at risk.
Book Review: The Heart of American Poetry by Edward Hirsch
Book Review: The Heart of American Poetry, Edward Hirsch, Library of America – Excavating “The Heart of American Poetry” is no easy task but acclaimed poet and critic Edward Hirsch has accomplished exactly that, in his Library of America’s analysis of 40 poems.
Book Review: The Sea We Swim In by Frank Rose
Book Review: The Sea We Swim In by Frank Rose, W. W. Norton & Company – Frank Rose sounds an alert, without mincing words, in his timely book, “The Sea We Swim In.”
Review: Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott
Bomb Shelter, Mary Laura Philpott, Atria Books – Mary Laura Philpott chronicles, with honesty and charm, a collection of personal essays, primarily about parenting experiences, that coalesce in her memoir, “Bomb Shelter.”
Review: Constellations of Eve by Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood
Constellations of Eve, Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood, Texas Tech University Press – In her mind-bending novel, “Constellations of Eve,” Vietnamese-American Abbigal Nguyen Rosewood shuffles the lives of her characters in three installments.
Review: A Train to Moscow by Elena Gorokhova
Review: A Train to Moscow, Elena Gorokhova, Lake Union – Elena Gorokhova, author of two memoirs on her life under Soviet rule and her subsequent migration to the United States, again reflects on her past in a new novel, “A Train to Moscow.”
Review: John Williams: Collected Novels
John Williams: Collected Novels, Daniel Mendelsohn, Editor, Library of America – The Library of America has paid homage to John Williams
Review: A Shot to Save the World by Gregory Zuckerman
Review: A Shot to Save the World by Gregory Zuckerman, Penguin – Nowadays, Pfizer’s Executive Director, Greek-born Albert Bourla flies in his own private jet, and when he enters a room, people applaud, according to Financial Times.
