Here Comes a Book Rant
July 16, 2019
A review/rant about Bianca Marais’ novel If You Want to Make God Laugh, an unintentionally offensive story about three women in post-apartheid South Africa. … More Here Comes a Book Rant
Category: Book Review
My Deep Dive into Dancer from the Dance
July 12, 2019
I’ve been sitting on this review for a while now because I keep turning it over and over in my head, and to be brutally honest, I’m trying to decide how much I actually like this book. Published in 1978, Dancer From the Dance is a perfect encapsulation of the gay subculture that thrived in … More My Deep Dive into Dancer from the Dance
Surviving in Changing Times: Unsheltered, by Barbara Kingsolver
March 5, 2019
In Barbara Kingsolver’s Unsheltered, a family in crisis confronts the new realities of a changing world. … More Surviving in Changing Times: Unsheltered, by Barbara Kingsolver
Young Love at the End of the World: The Age of Miracles, by Karen Thompson Walker
March 4, 2019
It’s the end of the world in Karen Thompson Walker’s The Age of Miracles, but you wouldn’t know it from what her characters are worried about. … More Young Love at the End of the World: The Age of Miracles, by Karen Thompson Walker
Motherhood, Charity, and Africa’s AIDS Orphans: There is No Me Without You, by Melissa Fay Greene
February 19, 2019
A review of a nonfiction account of one woman’s quest to save children orphaned by or suffering from AIDS in Ethiopia. … More Motherhood, Charity, and Africa’s AIDS Orphans: There is No Me Without You, by Melissa Fay Greene
A Handbook for Helping the Dying: The Gifts of the Body, by Rebecca Brown
February 19, 2019
A humane, sharply observed set of interlocked stories about a home care worker taking care of AIDS patients in the 1990s. … More A Handbook for Helping the Dying: The Gifts of the Body, by Rebecca Brown
Get Creeped out with Mouthful of Birds, by Samanta Schweblin
February 13, 2019
A review of Samanta Schweblin’s newly translated surreal short story collection, Mouthful of Birds. … More Get Creeped out with Mouthful of Birds, by Samanta Schweblin
