I had first experienced Murata’s work after reading Dwight Garner’s great review and Motoko Rich’s work in the New York … More
Tag: Family
Inadvertent by Karl Ove Knausgård
“…I myself was so removed from the world, I was never really in it – perhaps because I had once … More
“Ma Bell,” Garrett’s New Short Story
Garrett’s new short story Ma Bell was just released in the Winter 2020 issue of Parhelion Literary Magazine. Click here … More
Clyde Fans by Seth
What a pleasure it is to finally finish a talented author’s magnum opus as it appears complete in print for … More
My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgård
From 2009-2011, Karl Ove Knausgård published six consecutive autofiction novels that grabbed the world’s attention and held on tight. Prior to Min … More
“Milktooth” in Black Dandy #3
The third issue of Black Dandy Magazine has been published, and it features Garrett’s new short story “Milktooth.” The piece … More
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich and Black Dandy #2
I was asked to read Idaho by one of Ruskovich’s colleagues and another one of her mentors who both mentored … More
The Debut by Anita Brookner
It would be no surprise to me to find that Wes Anderson took some of his more quirky, melancholic characters … More
Moonglow by Michael Chabon
A spectacular blooming-lily of a book, Moonglow takes Chabon’s grandfather’s complicated and hazy-bordered personal family history and reinterprets it through the lens of … More
#797 Moonstruck (1987)
Moonstruck is a romantic comedy from 1987 that seems to have defined the genre itself. The film follows the magical … More