Dear BookBrowsers,
In this issue, we cover
Gliff, acclaimed author Ali Smith's latest. Set in an impressionistically drawn dystopia traversed by two children, it explores language, authoritarianism, and meaning. Tao Leigh Goffe's
Dark Laboratory, another book about human resistance to harmful systems,
counters common narratives by connecting the climate crisis to colonial pasts.
We also feature the most recent English translation of work by 2024 Nobel winner Han Kang. Through the vivid story of an isolated writer tasked with trekking to her friend's home in a blizzard to care for a pet bird,
We Do Not Part probes the depths of
the Jeju massacre, a long-repressed episode of Korean history.
Kang's is one of many titles in this e-zine that center women or girls on troubling, chaotic, or mysterious journeys. In
Soft Core by Brittany Newell, a San Francisco stripper's life is upended when her best friend and housemate vanishes. Margie Sarsfield's
Beta Vulgaris sees a Brooklyn hipster and her boyfriend travel to work a Minnesota sugar beet harvest, where people begin to go missing. A stage actress skips out on Thanksgiving plans to reckon with a former mentor's fall from grace in Mischa Berlinski's
Mona Acts Out. Aria Aber's
Good Girl follows a restless daughter of Afghan refugees through
Berlin's club scene. Marie van Lieshout's YA graphic novel
Song of a Blackbird focuses on a girl in Amsterdam who discovers her family history is a lie and seeks to uncover the truth in a tale sprawling back to World War II. And in Kate Fagan's
The Three Lives of Cate Kay, a writer who's literally made a name for herself addresses her fraught histories with the women she's loved.
Plus, enjoy additional reviews and articles, a blog on
the phenomenon known as LitRPG, the
latest book news, a new
Wordplay, and more.
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