The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli
Menippean satire is hard to define and traces back to the ancient satirist Menippus of Gadara, whose works are no longer extant. Some describe Menippean satire as an unconventional form, standing apart from...
Land of Snow and Ashes by Petra Rautiainen, translated by David Hackston
Petra Rautiainen's first novel, Land of Snow and Ashes, takes us to the snowy terrain of Lapland, offering a different perspective on the region rich in history, including memories of genocide. Unlike many...
The Garden Party by Grace Dane Mazur
Grace Dane Mazur's latest novel, "The Garden Party," delves into the intricate dynamics between families whose children are married to each other, an association lacking a clear descriptor in the English language. Set...
Wake, Siren by Nina MacLaughlin
Nina MacLaughlin's book Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung joins a growing trend, including works like Circe by Madeline Miller and The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker, in reimagining classical myths through a...
Kingdom Cons by Yuri Herrera, translated by Lisa Dillman
Kingdom Cons is the most recent translation of Yuri Herrera’s works. Originally titled Los trabajos del reino, it is Herrera’s first novel but the third to be translated into English by Lisa Dillman....
My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
The novella titled My Monticello in Jocelyn Nicole Johnson’s first collection of short stories is placed in a future society marked by turmoil reflecting present-day crises. Following a season of wildfires, intense heatwaves,...
Fox by Dubravka Ugresic, translated by Ellen Elias-Bursać and David Williams
In Slavic literature, there is a strong tradition of writing about writing. Prominent writers like Chekhov, Tolstoy, Nabokov, Leskov, and Viktor Shlovsky have explored how reading, writing, and the act of creating literature...
The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante, translated by Ann Goldstein
As I was growing up, I heard many stories about my grandmother on my mother's side. They talked about her small ears, how she managed to feed a large family of six kids...
White Houses by Amy Bloom
Amy Bloom's novel White Houses explores the intricate love story between journalist Lorena Hickok and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The book is inspired by a collection of letters exchanged between the two women,...
Ruthie Fear by Maxim Loskutoff
Maxim Loskutoff's first novel follows Ruthie Fear, who lives with her father, Rutherford, and their dog, Moses, at the foot of Trapper Peak in the Bitterroot Mountains of Montana. They embody the challenging...
