‘State of Grace’ by Sandra Moran
State of Grace is just as unsparing and jarring as the experience of trauma itself.
‘Geographies of Soul and Taffeta’ by Sarah Sarai
In a recent issue of
‘The Wonder’ by Emma Donoghue
In her latest novel, Donoghue’s child characters once again shine in their imaginings when faced with creating solace in unimaginable circumstances
‘Proxies’ by Brian Blanchfield
The subtitle to the book, aptly named, is “Essays Near Knowing.” Not essays of expertise. Not even essays of critical analysis—essays in the proximity of understanding (bodily, mentally, philosophically).
‘Remarkable’ by Dinah Cox
Set in Oklahoma, the stories in this collection are sharp, precise, and surprising
‘Hellmaw: Of the Essence’ by Gabrielle Harbowy
This novel is only the
‘Walking the Dog’ by Elizabeth Swados
The book details the struggles of “former child prodigy and rich-girl kleptomaniac” Ester Rosenthal as she navigates a post-prison life as a high-end professional dog walker
‘Infringe’ by Sarah B. Burghauser
In Infringe, the reader is taken through the journey of a girl who has been raised in an Orthodox Jewish home, whose faith and sense of identity is fractured by trauma
‘The Death of Fred Astaire’ by Leslie Lawrence
Leslie Lawrence’s essay collection offers poignant musings on the nature of memory
‘In Case of Emergency, Break Glass’ by Sarah Van Arsdale
Whether the stories take place on a snow bank in an unknown, prehistoric land or in a hotel in Barcelona, Van Arsdale’s novellas strike achingly close to home by reporting true narratives of people and their complications
