Anaïs Nin: A Sea of LiesLéonie Bischoff (Translated by Jenna Allen)Fantagraphics, 2023 Review by Victoria McIntyre In Anaïs Nin: A Sea of Lies, twisted multicoloured strands of pencil crayon depict the life and budding yearnings of the famous writer....
The FutureCatherine Leroux (Translated by Susan Ouriou)Biblioasis, 2023 Review by Marcie McCauley Catherine Leroux’s novel The Future (freshly translated by Susan Ouriou) presents a complex, layered story that probes how people navigate turbulent times, alone and together. She asks...
Silver RepetitionLily WangHouse of Anansi Press, 2024 Review by Maria Isabel Martinez In the opening pages of Lily Wang’s debut novel Silver Repetition, Yué Yué is at the Poetry Jazz Café with her date Johnny, whose friend is in...
The BoulevardJerrod EdsonGalleon Books, 2023 Review by Steven Mayoff On a train trip through Hell’s outer reaches to find Vincent Van Gogh, the Devil tells Ernest Hemingway about when God banished him and his angelic cohort from the vibrant...
Light SpillLaura Mota-Juang Block Party, 2023 Review by Bridget Huh Laura Mota-Juang’s imaginative debut chapbook, Light Spill, creates an electrifying atmosphere where abstract concepts and intimate longings alike materialize in startlingly luminous forms. These are poems committed to stretching...
Once Upon An Effing TimeBuffy CramDouglas & McIntyre, 2023 Review by Roz Milner There’s a line about the 1960s that says if you can remember it, you weren’t really there. But with that decade more than a half-century in...