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The Reviews


Portrait of a Thief — A Debut Novel with So Much Potential, But Not Enough Follow Through
Grace D. Li’s debut novel, Portrait of a Thief, which came out in April 2022, delves into the lives of five different Chinese-American...
Sadia Haque
Jan 2, 20236 min read
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Review of Intimacies by Katie Kitamura
Intimacies, by Katie Kitamura, was released on July 20th of last year and has subsequently taken the world by storm with its simmering...
Sarah Closser
Jan 2, 20232 min read
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Return Flight: A Topography of Body and Land
Jennifer Huang's Return Flight is a collection that revisits. It is a present tense reaching out to the past, to culture, to language and...
Eris Sker
Mar 7, 20223 min read
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A Review of How High We Go In The Dark
A story that takes place in the context of a pandemic might not, at first glance, seem to be the most appealing read. However, to...
Sarah Garcia
Mar 7, 20223 min read
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The School for Good Mothers and the Art of Dystopia
Growing up, I was the kind of reader who devoured dystopian novels. From the most popular ones to the cheap cash grabs, trying to emulate...
Frankie DeGiorgio
Mar 7, 20223 min read
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Cathy Yardley's Love Comment Subscribe Creates a World of its Own and a Rich Cast of Characters
Tobin Bui and Lily Wang couldn’t be more different. He’s rambunctious, confident, and goes with the flow. She’s organized, slightly...
Ruby Zeidman
Dec 22, 20213 min read
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Review of Not Here to Be Liked by Michelle Quach
Last Monday, I sat down to read, expecting to feel that all too familiar feeling of reading a cheesy young adult love story and falling...
Ava Benavente
Oct 28, 20212 min read
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Holding On and Letting Go: Absence, Space and Speech in Ozeki's The Book of Form and Emptiness
EMPTINESS takes form in the absence of a father, taken away by a tragic accident, leaving an irreversible gap in the life of Benny Oh,...
Lia Jung
Oct 28, 20213 min read
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