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September 23rd, 2024
A Wild Ride into Sri Lanka’s Conflicted Realities — A Review of “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida” by Shehan Karunatilaka
by Lisa Schantl
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (Sort of Books, 2022) is the second book by Shehan Karunatilaka, a writer and musician born in Sri Lanka, educated in ...read the full piece >>Review
September 9th, 2024
Simple Verses For A Better Self — A Review of “Clarity and Connections” by Yung Pueblo
by Joyce Bou Charaa
Diego Perez, known as Yung Pueblo, is an American-Ecuadorian author and meditator. He gained great popularity through social media, especially on ...read the full piece >>Review
August 26th, 2024
A Transcript of the Unspeakable — A Review of “If My House Has a Voice” by Elina Katrin
by Sofija Popovska
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, to a Russian mother and a Syrian father, Los Angeles-based poet and creative Elina Katrin weaves together diverse ...read the full piece >>Review
August 12th, 2024
For Progress, There is No Cure: Book Review on “The Maniac” by Benjamin Labatut
by Richard M. Cho
For centuries, faith and science have been adversaries. Churches long fought to debunk any scientific advances they saw as contradicting the Holy ...read the full piece >>Review
July 15th, 2024
The Poetics of Mortality and Memory — A Review of Lisel Mueller’s “Alive Together”
by Faith Manalili
It has been more than a hundred years since the poet and teacher Lisel Mueller was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1924. Her work, which spans nine ...read the full piece >>Review
July 1st, 2024
Tale of Mystic and Madness: A Review of Anukrti Upadhyay's “Daura”
by Namita Suberi
Anukrti Upadhyay, an author currently based in Mumbai, spins a web of mystery and illusion that perches precariously between reality and dream. ...read the full piece >>Review
June 10th, 2024
“Seduce and let yourself be seduced into radical questioning” — A Review of “READ&RIOT” by Nadya Tolokonnikova
by Anna Major
Nadya Tolokonnikova is a Russian artist and political activist. In 2011, she founded the feminist protest and performance art group Pussy Riot, which ...read the full piece >>Review
May 13th, 2024
A Haunting Refraction of Proxy Wars: A Review of Harris Khalique’s “no fortunes to tell”
by Seher Hashmi
Well-known in the echelons of South Asian literati, Harris Khalique is a thorough-bred academic, illustrious poet, literary critic and a proactive ...read the full piece >>Review
April 15th, 2024
A Poetic Voyage of Conscience through the Maze of Memory: A Review of Ankit Raj Ojha's "Pinpricks"
by Pritikana Karmakar
Ankit Raj Ojha’s debut poetry collection Pinpricks (2022) is a memory work in three undefined acts. It begins as a collection of family vignettes, ...read the full piece >>Review
April 1st, 2024
Coming to Terms with Yourself — A Review of “Almost Happy” by Ella Voss
by Lisa Schantl
The short story collection Almost Happy by Ella Voss (2023, Matador) is a rollercoaster ride through what it means to be a woman of Western origin ...read the full piece >>