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Sunday Staff Picks: March 28th

  • Author thecolumbiareview
  • PublishedMarch 28, 2021April 25, 2021

Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri Whereabouts sees the incomparable Jhumpa Lahiri turn her talents to the interior world. The episodic novel follows the wanderings of an…

Sunday Staff Picks: March 7th

  • Author thecolumbiareview
  • PublishedMarch 10, 2021March 28, 2021

There’s No Such Thing As An Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumara, translated by Polly Barton Kikuko Tsumara’s protagonist is burnt out beyond description from work.…

Sunday Staff Picks: February 21st

  • Author thecolumbiareview
  • PublishedFebruary 23, 2021March 28, 2021

The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen “Down in the bottom of my childhood my father stands laughing.” So begins the second chapter of Childhood, the…

Sunday Staff Picks: January 31st

  • Author thecolumbiareview
  • PublishedFebruary 1, 2021February 1, 2021

Three Brothers by Yan Lianke Yan Lianke’s work Three Brothers, translated by Carlos Rojas, is a tour-de-force of language and reflection. Ostensibly a memoir, Three…

Sunday Staff Picks: January 24th

  • Author thecolumbiareview
  • PublishedJanuary 25, 2021January 25, 2021

Memorial by Bryan Washington Bryan Washington exploded onto the literary scene in 2019. His debut short story collection Lot garnered both critical and popular attention,…

Sunday Staff Picks: November 29th

  • Author thecolumbiareview
  • PublishedNovember 30, 2020November 30, 2020

The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher The Hollow Places opens with a life in turmoil. T. Kingfisher introduces us to her protagonist, Kara (also known…

Sunday Staff Picks: November 22nd

  • Author thecolumbiareview
  • PublishedNovember 23, 2020November 23, 2020

Must I Go by Yiyun Li Lilia, an 81-year-old mother of five, grandmother of seventeen, and widow of three, is the anchor of Yiyun Li’s…

Sunday Staff Picks: November 15th

  • Author thecolumbiareview
  • PublishedNovember 15, 2020November 15, 2020

Pricks in the Tapestry by Jameson Fitzpatrick The thread that ties together Jameson Fitzpatrick’s writings in Pricks in the Tapestry is not linear; there is…

Sunday Staff Picks: November 1st

  • Author thecolumbiareview
  • PublishedNovember 2, 2020November 3, 2020
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Obit by Victoria Chang Grief scatters us. In Obit, Victoria Chang attempts to put us back together.  Chang writes to document her mother’s 2015 death…

Sunday Staff Picks: October 25th

  • Author thecolumbiareview
  • PublishedOctober 26, 2020October 26, 2020

White Blood: A Lyric of Virginia by Kiki Petrosino Kiki Petrosino’s White Blood: A Lyric of Virginia starts with a stunning prelude, in which the reader, absorbed…

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