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July 7th, 2025
Harsh, Harrowing, Honest, and Humorous — A Review of “ELIS: Irish Call Girl” by Anna Rajmon
by Jose Ramos
Hailing from the Czech Republic, Anna Rajmon is an author and illustrator with a love for dark humor, biting sarcasm, and unconventional storytelling. ...read the full piece >>Review
June 23rd, 2025
The Distance Between Intellect and Intimacy — A Review of Mariam Rahmani’s “Liquid”
by Layla Sabourian
In her ambitious debut novel Liquid (Algonquin Books, 2025), Mariam Rahmani explores the porous boundaries of identity, faith, and desire through the ...read the full piece >>Review
May 12th, 2025
“Red Birds” Takes off with Absurdism in Literature on Proxy Wars — A Book Review of “Red Birds” by Mohammed Hanif
by Seher Hashmi
Published in 2018 (Bloomsbury), Red Birds by Mohammed Hanif, an acclaimed British-Pakistani novelist, ushers in absurdism into the arena of postmodern ...read the full piece >>Review
April 28th, 2025
The Cost of Conformity — A Review of “The Death of Vivek Oji” by Akwaeke Emezi
by Dolores Hunsky
The Death of Vivek Oji (Riverhead Books, 2020) is a captivating novel that focuses on family, friends, identity, and belonging. It explores the ...read the full piece >>Review
March 31st, 2025
Leaps of Passion and Perseverance — A Review of Juhea Kim’s “City of Night Birds”
by Andrea Färber
Juhea Kim is a rising star in the literary sky. Her first published novel Beasts of a Little Land (Ecco, 2021) became an international bestseller and ...read the full piece >>Review
February 3rd, 2025
A Poet’s Foundation — A Review of “The Poet’s Guide to Publishing” by Katerina Stoykova
by Manuel J. Grimaldi
Katerina Stoykova, hailing from Burgas, Bulgaria, is an internationally recognized poet and the founder and senior editor of Accents Publishing in ...read the full piece >>Review
January 13th, 2025
Invoking a Greenery of Words — A Review of Tabish Nawaz’s “The Ornaments for Silence”
by Basudhara Roy
Tabish Nawaz hails from the state of Bihar in India and grew up in a multilingual community, avidly absorbing the linguistic and cultural repertoires ...read the full piece >>Review
December 30th, 2024
Longing for Home — A Review of “These Hollowed Bones” by Amelia Díaz Ettinger
by Joyce Bou Charaa
On her blog, Amelia Díaz Ettinger describes herself as a writer of poems and short stories “that reflect the struggle of identity found in ...read the full piece >>Review
December 16th, 2024
A True Poet of Her Daemon — A Review of “Recount and Prophecy” by Alexandra Fössinger
by Agnes Fodor
“Here” is where Alexandra Fössinger will stay — with Viola, to whom she dedicated her new poetry chapbook Recount and Prophecy (Alien Buddha Press, ...read the full piece >>Review
October 21st, 2024
Two Countries, One Life — A Review of “The In-Betweeners” by Khem K. Aryal
by Hantian Zhang
The In-Betweeners (Braddock Avenue Books, 2023) is a short story collection by Khem K. Aryal, a Nepalese writer and associate professor of creative ...read the full piece >>