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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld Marieke Lucas Rijneveld’s The Discomfort of Evening, winner of this year’s International Booker Prize, begins with loss:…
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Grieving: Dispatches from a Wounded Country by Cristina Rivera Garza Earlier this week, Mexican author Cristina Rivera Garza was awarded the MacArthur “Genius” Grant. A…
Making It Plausible: A Conversation With Andrew Martin
Cool for America / Andrew Martin / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 07/2020 – $27 (Hardcover) Interview conducted by David Ehmcke I first encountered Andrew Martin’s remarkable…
Jihyun Yun: On Food and the Language of Intimacy
An interview conducted by Maddie Woda Jihyun Yun was first published in The Columbia Review‘s 100th Volume with her piece, “The Leaving Season.” Yun’s writing uses…
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Editor (now alumna) Maddie Woda reviews Jihyun Yun’s first collection, Some Are Always Hungry. In 2016, I stumbled upon Jihyun Yun’s poem “Recipe: Dak-dori-tang” in…