book review
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Ode to Girlhood: Olivia Gatwood’s Life of the Party
The world that suffocates girls still has a lot to learn from them.
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The Search for Permanence: Hilary Leichter’s Temporary
A permanent job doesn’t need her, and neither do her boyfriends.
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Living to Survive: Bodega by Su Hwang
Bodega is one of the most experimental and ambitious projects that I have encountered.
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The Privilege of Art: Courtney Maum’s Costalegre
There is no real freedom to create art, only the obligation to wealth.
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Time Is Money: Porn Carnival by Rachel Rabbit White
This isn’t a book about loss; rather, it’s a book about sheer willpower and intentionality.
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The Body Uncanny: Verge by Lidia Yuknavitch
Though the stories vary in length and scope, each cuts deep into a truth of humanity.
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Writing Through: You Are No Longer in Trouble by Nicole Stellon O’Donnell
There are no line breaks here because there are no breaks here.
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The Power of the Crone: Ursula K. Le Guin’s No Time to Spare
Sweet, nurturing, platitude-accepting granny Le Guin is not.
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Fraught Woods: Chelsea Rathburn’s Still Life with Mother and Knife
These are the woods through which we walk from an early age.
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On Love and Dogs: Cleanness by Garth Greenwell
Greenwell tells his story on the narrator’s terms, and that makes all the difference.
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Great Pain, Great Pleasure: Here All Night, Nightshade, and Blazons
All three remind readers that what is imagined is not always real and the world is not as expected.
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A Decade of Surface over Significance: Sleeveless by Natasha Stagg
A former editor at V, Stagg is no stranger to the slippage between life and editorial.