Real Americans / Rachel Khong / Knopf, April 30, 2024 – $29 (hardcover) Rachel Khong’s sprawling novel Real Americans is an ambitious family saga. It…
Anora: rom-com, realist documentary, or social indictment?
On a snap decision over carton egg omelettes at brunch, I bought tickets to see Anora at the AMC in West Harlem at 9pm on…
Sunday Staff Picks: November 24th
The Skunks / Fiona Warnick / Tin House, May 7, 2024 – $17.95 (paperback) Half skunk fable, half coming-of-age text, Fiona Warnick’s debut novel The Skunks follows…
Review: Moving the Bones
Moving the Bones / Rick Barot / Milkweed Editions, October 15, 2024 – $16 (paperback) “You are told to believe in one paradise / and…
Sunday Staff Picks: November 17th
Field Guide for Accidents / Albert Abonado / Beacon Press, October 22, 2024 – $18 (paperback) Starving and unstoppable: Albert Abonado’s latest poetry collection, “Field…
An Interview with the Directors of “Hind’s Hall”
The Columbia Review: I mean, it’s a little unconventional to do the interview post-Q&A, but I don’t think this film is at all conventional. But,…
Film Review: “Hind’s Hall”
If I were to describe the experience of watching Hind’s Hall in one word, it would be visceral. The film, which is a docu-fiction produced…
Sunday Staff Picks: October 27th
d-sorientation / Charleen McClure / BOA Editions Ltd., September 3, 2024 – $18 (paperback) Charleen McClure’s d-sorientation is an exploration of space: the expansive empty…
The Superhighway of “The Code”
Since its 2020 release, I have been talking about and making my friends watch Eugene Kotlyarenko’s Spree. It is the most accurate filmic depiction of…
Hell
Hell (جحيم) By Ameer Hamad (tr. Hoda Ali) We were expelled from the water We were expelled from the fire We are those born in…