Emotional stasis and ‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’: A personal essay
Alex Jiménez /Staff
This past June I read Ottessa Moshfegh’s second novel, “My Year of Rest and Relaxation.”
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Broken California dreams abound in Kate Milliken’s ‘Kept Animals’
Rory’s story, backed by a chorus of thousands, unfolds against a setting so richly developed, it is as if the Santa Ana winds themselves are turning the pages.
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Julia Alvarez mines poetry from grief in ‘Afterlife’
Alvarez’s terse realism, combined with her lilting writing style, is a combination that works well in service to the “telenovela material” she commits to the page.
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2 girls rule the world in Robin Talley’s ‘Music From Another World’
“Music From Another World” deserves a read because of its unique approach to depicting historical queerphobia.
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Hurricanes of tragedy bewitch in Fernanda Melchor’s ‘Hurricane Season’
Its beauty is representative of the beauty denied to the women whose suffering permeates every page.
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Bay Area Book Festival forges new paths in light of COVID-19 cancellation
For Parsons, seeing the literary community come together in this time of strife has been especially gratifying.
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‘Books are essential’: How Counterpoint Press is staying strong in a virtual world
Hearing Fishmann talk about her work, it’s clear that the efficiency and efficacy of this virtual transition has been made possible because of the passion book publishers have for what they do.
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The Unlikely Candidates’ Jared Hornbeek talks ‘pushing this band forward’
Pretty much everyone in the band’s current lineup comes from a pop-punk background, and they put in special effort to fill their sets with constant movement.
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Social distancing after I ended my social isolation: A personal essay
But I think it’s okay to be uncomfortable with having to adapt. It has to be okay that it will take a moment or several to adapt.
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Rachel Harrison’s ‘The Return’ will return to you in nightmares
If you have been desperately yearning for a women-led horror novel that is bone-chilling and slow-building, Rachel Harrison’s debut novel “The Return” is the book for you.
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