Twist and Turn: A Review of David Ellis’ “Look Closer”
Author David Ellis, known for co-writing legal thrillers with James Patterson, has now branched out and penned a nifty domestic thriller.
Dedicated Dreams: A Review of “Girls They Write Songs About”
Bookish Charlotte and firecracker Rose came to New York City with desire and literary ambition and found kindred spirts in each other.
Redefining Fangirls: A Review of Kaitlyn Tiffany’s “Everything I Need I Get From You”
Tiffany upends our biases about fangirls and shows them as the creative, tongue-in-cheek, freethinking individuals that they are.
Flamenco’s Magic: A Review of Alex Poppe’s “Duende”
The story primarily takes place in Triana, the neighborhood in Seville, Spain known as the birthplace of flamenco.
A Life of Transition: A Review of “This Body I Wore” by Diana Goetsch
“This Body I Wore” primarily concerns Goetsch’s life before her 2014 transition at age fifty. The trans community’s concurrent growth is also explored.
Lit Top 5: June 2022
June highlights
The Way We See It: A Review of Ryan Elliott Smith’s “Fly Over This”
The quality of Smith’s prose helps to reshape the way a reader sees northern Illinois, the way Nelson Algren shaped how we see Chicago.
The Monster Next Door: A Review of “Our Little Secret” by Emily Carrrington
I found myself cheering for her, turning page after page of this graphic memoir hoping that it would get better, that she would get justice or revenge or both.
Beauty in Description: A Review of “The Fruit Thief” by Peter Handke
Handke’s brilliance, and that is what this book is, is finding the extraordinary in the mundane.
Dreamy in a Sinister Way: A Review of “Valleyesque”
Many of his subjects have Latin American roots and all the stories in the collection take place on the border of Mexico and Texas.
