‘The First Bad Man’ by Miranda July
July’s talent exists in her ability to create such complex, bizarre relationships while always raising the stakes, but her carefully erected world does require a willful suspension of disbelief.
‘Carry the Sky’ by Kate Gray
Kate Gray has written a stunning book, a blazingly necessary work of fiction for a wounded world.
‘Bitter Waters’ by Chaz Brenchley
This small collection provides an excellent representation of Brenchley’s wide-ranging output.
‘The War Within’ by Yolanda Wallace
The lives of four people
‘O, Africa!’ by Andrew Lewis Conn
Moving deftly from Coney Island to Africa to the first-ever Academy Award ceremony and back, O, Africa! is an engrossing and thought-provoking novel about self-discovery and the occasionally dangerous power of the movies.
‘Positive Lightning’ by Laurie Salzler
Positive Lightning (Blue Feather Books) tells
‘Pissing in a River’ by Lorrie Sprecher
Amanda, the narrator of Lorrie
