Before the pandemic began, my library would host weekly, and one additional monthly book sale. As an official patron and … More
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Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming, László Krasznahorkai’s Farewell Triumph
Throughout the past hundred and fifty years or so, as the stage for modernism was set and more and more … More
Radio Waves: A Post-Punk Novel by Shawna-Lee I. Perrin
Radio Waves is the independently-released first novel from Shawna-Lee I. Perrin. It tells the story of Viv Pierce, a college-radio … More
Heather, The Totality by Matthew Weiner
Heather, The Totality is a slim debut novel by Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner that has a depth as deep … More
Middle C by William Gass
Should humanity, in all of its cruelty, be allowed to endure? Such is the repeated refrain of William Gass’ Middle … More
Riding With The Ghost by Justin Taylor
Justin Taylor’s Riding with the Ghost takes its title from a Jason Molina song of the same name, and explores … More
Aftershocks by Nadia Owusu
Aftershocks is an incredible debut memoir from Whiting Award winner Nadia Owusu that measures the ever-expanding vibrations of the experiences … More
Difficult Light by Tomás González, Translated by Andrea Rosenberg
Tomás González’s Difficult Light is a heart-wrenching portrait of grief and the ripples that extend from tragic moments in a … More
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
I had first experienced Murata’s work after reading Dwight Garner’s great review and Motoko Rich’s work in the New York … More
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
Garrett Zecker 