Tag: psychological fiction
Book Reviews: The Double Life of Benson Yu
Book review: The Double Life of Benson Yu, Kevin Chong, Atria – Author Kevin Chong’s metafiction, “The Double Life of Benson Yu, is most definitely an impressive and challenging read.
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Author Talk: Russian mother and biracial daughter spar over selfhood
Interview: A Country You Can Leave, Asale Angel-Ajani, Farrar, Straus and Giroux – Lara and her mother, Yevgenia, never stay in one place for long. Yevgenia is a Russian immigrant with strong opinions about life. Sixteen-year-old Lara’s absent father was a Black musician.
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Book Review: I Have Some Questions for You
Book Review: Rebecca Makkai’s I Have Some Questions for You starts with the return of Bodie Kane, film professor and podcaster, to Granby, the New Hampshire boarding school of her youth, to teach a short course in podcasting to high schoolers.
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Interview: Murder Mystery, No One Knows Us Here
Interview: NO ONE KNOWS US HERE, (Lake Union Publishing/Amazon January 2023) is Rebecca Kelley’s second novel. The book is about a woman whose new life as a high-class escort isn’t what she bargained for and poses the question of whether murder is sometimes justified.
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Interview: Black Author Seeks His Voice in a Vast Whiteness
Interview: Greenland, David Santos Donaldson – Kipling Starling has three weeks to rewrite his novel about E.M. Forester and his lover, Mohammed Ed Adl into Mohammed’s point of view so he boards himself up in his basement vowing not to come out until he is finished.
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Books to Read: A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw
Books to Read: A History of Wild Places, Shea Ernshaw, Atria Books – In this “riveting, atmospheric thriller that messes with your mind in the best way” (Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling author), three residents of a secluded, seemingly peaceful commune investigate the disappearances of two outsiders.
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Interview: Brad Kessler’s North Explores Sanctuary and Borders
North, Brad Kessler, Harry N. Abrams – In his fourth book, North, Brad Kessler tells a story of a boundary expanding encounter between a Somali refugee, a Vermont monk, and an Afghan War veteran that poses important questions about boundaries and belonging.
Read MorePalmer’s The Rabbit Queen Asks What Is Truth
Mary Toft, Dexter Palmer, Penguin Random House – One day in 1726, Mary Toft started giving birth to rabbits. Well, parts of rabbits, confounding the local physician, John Howard, and even physicians sent by the king from London to investigate this strange phenomenon.
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