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Sketch Book Reviews: Birds and Us by Tim Birkhead

THE BIRDS AND US, written by Tim Birkhead and released August 2022 from Princeton Review Press, is atheist perfect mix of history, narrative, and science with a dash of cool illustrations. Throughout the book, readers will learn about everything from bird cave paintings, to birdwatching, and everything in between.

From the Archive: Sketch Book Reviews: How I Became a Tree by Sumana Roy

An illustrated review of Sumana Roy’s new essay collection, HOW I BECAME A TREE!

From the Archive: Sketch Book Reviews: Girlhood by Melissa Febos

An illustrated review of Melissa Febos’s new essay collection, GIRLHOOD!

What It Means to be Human: Natashia Deón’s The Perishing

A review of THE PERISHING: "[H]ope keeps you in the ring, pushing off the ropes. Hope keeps you in the fight."

Defying Gravity: Ryka Aoki’s Light from Uncommon Stars

This book is disarmingly—in fact, unnervingly—amoral.

Still, Life: Intimacies by Katie Kitamura

I’ll never see Kitamura’s exhibition in real life, but I’m still grateful to have been invited to the opening.

How to Watch While Being Watched: Aisha Sabatini Sloan’s Borealis

The experience, rather than linear, is borealian.

Down the Rabbit Hole: Eugene Lim’s Search History

Lim has written before about experimental fiction and the need to slough off such conventions of narrative as plot.

Metaphor by Any Means Necessary: Destiny O. Birdsong’s Negotiations

Metaphor can make life more bearable, meaningful, or simply comprehensible.

A Sinister Kind of Beauty: Joanna Pearson’s Now You Know It All

The narrator then returns to normal life, only to discover that life may never be normal again.

Under the Influence of Jane Wong: A Recipe-Qua-Review of How to Not Be Afraid of Everything

Combine multiple ingredients in a single stanza-bowl.

Bear Witness: What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J. A. Chancy

Remember us, the characters seem to beg of the reader, imagined mirrors of the real lives lost and mourned.

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