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May 30th, 2021
The Importance of Finding a Home in One’s Own Body — A Review of "home body" by Rupi Kaur
by Sandra Tanzmeister
In her latest poetry collection home body (2020), Rupi Kaur gives an intimate glimpse into the journey of her mind and body and her experiences as a ...read the full piece >>Review
May 15th, 2021
“The word laughter is trapped inside slaughter”: Trauma, Vulnerability, and Healing in "On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous" by Ocean Vuong — A Review
by Lucija Todoric
Ocean Vuong’s novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous narrates Little Dog’s coming-of-age story written as letters to his illiterate mother. Little ...read the full piece >>Review
April 15th, 2021
It doesn’t always have to be a novel: "The Refugees" by Viet Thanh Nguyen — A Review
by Martina Braunegger
In his short story collection, The Refugees, Viet Thanh Nguyen illustrates the different aspects of being a refugee and how that feeling never really ...read the full piece >>Review
March 25th, 2021
A Thought-Provoking Literary Feast: "Free Food for Millionaires" by Min Jin Lee — A Review
by Vanessa Cervini Rios
In her novel Free Food for Millionaires, Min Jin Lee explores the roles and struggles of individuals in a society that hardly leaves room for ...read the full piece >>Review
February 28th, 2021
Discovering the Various Landscapes of Human Life in the Collection "American Odysseys" — A Review
by Filippo Bagnasco
American Odyssey: Writings by New Americans is an anthology of short stories, poems and novel excerpts exploring the immigrant experience in the USA. ...read the full piece >>Review
January 30th, 2021
On Home and Belonging — A Review of "Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen"
by Dagmar Wallenstorfer
Jose Antonio Vargas, in his memoir Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen, brings to light the daily struggles of illegal immigrants in the ...read the full piece >>Review
January 15th, 2021
"Once Upon a Time in the East": A Story of Growing Up by Xiaolu Guo — A Review
by Ailun Shi
Xiaolu Guo in her memoir, Once Upon a Time in the East, writes an eye-opening tale to China's history framed in the gripping anecdotes of personal ...read the full piece >>Review
December 21st, 2020
The Immigrants’ Grit: A Review of "How to Pronounce Knife" by S. Thammavongsa
by Richard M. Cho
An excellent short story collection from the Laotian-Canadian writer Souvankham Thammavongsa, How to Pronounce Knife, is a fitting title for a book by ...read the full piece >>Review
November 17th, 2020
America through Indian Eyes — A Review of "My Dateless Diary" by R. K. Narayan
by Pulkita Anand
With his work My Dateless Diary, Indian English novelist R. K. Narayan (1906-2001) made a detour from his fiction writing. Travelogue had not been a ...read the full piece >>Review
August 31st, 2020
The Countless Names for Longing — A Review of "Longing" by Giulia de Gregorio Listo
by Ferdoss Shaarani
Longing is a poetry collection written by Brazilian poet Giulia de Gregorio Listo in 2019. She has been featured in The Junction, Literati Magazine, ...read the full piece >>