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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 >>Review
November 22nd, 2021
Growing Up Through Trauma and Deep Displacement — A Review of "Sandpaper Tongue, Parchment Lips" by Melanie Hyo-In Han
by Matic Ačko
Through the scattered, yet vivid poems of Sandpaper Tongue, Parchment Lips, Melanie Hyo-In Han tells the story of being a young girl belonging to ...read the full piece >>Review
October 25th, 2021
Change and Tradition in "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers" by Yiyun Li — A Review
by Qing Xu
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2005) by Yiyun Li seeks to carve a middle way for Chinese-American literature, between relentless political ...read the full piece >>Review
October 8th, 2021
A Powerful Translingual Cli-Fi Story — A Review of "Gun Island" by Amitav Ghosh
by Lisa Schantl
Translingual, Calcutta born writer Amitav Ghosh is known for his well-researched and densely crafted works of fiction and nonfiction, often concerned ...read the full piece >>Review
September 15th, 2021
From Individual Voices to a Political Project — A Review of "DREAMing Out Loud: Voices of Undocumented Writers"
by Filippo Bagnasco
DREAMing Out Loud: Voices of Undocumented Writers is the 2020 annual anthology of the eponymous writing workshop for undocumented immigrants in New ...read the full piece >>Review
June 29th, 2021
“There is no story that is not true”: A Timeless Classic in Restless Times — A Review of "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe
by Andrea Färber
In Things Fall Apart (1958), one of the most prominent writers of African literature, Chinua Achebe, tells the story of Okonkwo. Readers find ...read the full piece >>