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June 13th, 2022
The Constant Flux of Literature — A review of "Translating Myself and Others" by Jhumpa Lahiri
by Steven G. Kellman
This time we are doing something a little bit different with this book review, because Jhumpa Lahiri is not an ESL writer. She grew up speaking ...read the full piece >>Review
May 30th, 2022
(Up)Rising Necessity — A Review of "Unapologetically Feminist" by Urvashi Bundel
by Dolores Hunsky
Unapologetically Feminist (2022) is an eye-opening poetry collection that deals with many of the social injustices that still plague our world and it ...read the full piece >>Review
May 2nd, 2022
“If you're happy in a dream, does that count?” — A Review of Arundhati Roy’s “The God of Small Things”
by Namita Suberi
The God of Small Things (1997) is Arundhati Roy’s debut novel and it won her the Booker Prize in 1997. Its story is a celebration of love and memory, ...read the full piece >>Review
April 4th, 2022
A Sordid Story Told With A Slant Of Humour — A Review of "How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia" By Mohsin Hamid
by Seher Hashmi
If you wish to relish in humour that smoothly changes its pace and texture, then this compact novel of 228 pages titled How to Get Filthy Rich in ...read the full piece >>Review
March 21st, 2022
To Simply Be — A Review of Aleksandar Hemon’s "The Book of My Lives"
by Qing Xu
“Truth is stranger than fiction,” opined Mark Twain. In this collection of “real stories” — as the writer Aleksandar Hemon puts it himself — readers ...read the full piece >>Review
March 7th, 2022
We Will Not Forget: "Don’t Forget Us Here" by Mansoor Adayfi — A Review
by Olga Pinjung
Don’t Forget Us Here is a book about endurance, brotherhood, suffering and finding happiness in hell: Guantánamo. It offers a painful yet hopeful and ...read the full piece >>Review
February 21st, 2022
Overlooked: Being Korean in Japan — A Review of "Pachinko" by Min Jin Lee
by Chiara Meitz
Pachinko (2017) by Min Jin Lee leads us into the lives of a Korean family in Japan during the 20th century. Her narrative follows four generations ...read the full piece >>Review
February 7th, 2022
Through the Lens of a Traveller: A Review of "Icon" by Chiara Maxia
by Joselle Ali
For this review, our volunteer Joselle had the pleasure of interviewing actress and author Chiara Maxia. As she unravels the text, she sets out to ...read the full piece >>Review
January 24th, 2022
“In Guam, even the dead are dying” — A Review of Julian Aguon’s "The Properties of Perpetual Light"
by Andrea Färber
Coming to terms with loss and what it means to grow up in a country that is never truly one’s own, The Properties of Perpetual Light (2021) is a ...read the full piece >>Review
December 21st, 2021
The Loyalties We Flaunt, The Betrayals We Conceal — A Review of "This Fish Is Fowl" by Xu Xi
by Sam Dapanas
Identity is not fixed. Sometimes, it can be fluid or even unfinished, as if it is never meant to be finished at all. In her last collection of essays, ...read the full piece >>