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Given the book’s title, it’s no surprise that Yunxian is surrounded by women who are available to help her. On…
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN, by Javier FuentesDemetrio, the protagonist of Javier Fuentes’s debut novel, “Countries of Origin,” was 13 and on…
MY MURDER, by Katie WilliamsKatie Williams’s whip-smart, twisty new novel has an arresting premise: Five women, all victims of the…
“You could’ve at least come for the kidney!” she shoots back.This is a horror show, unequivocally. But John J. Caswell…
BETWEEN TWO MOONS, by Aisha Abdel GawadIn the opening scene of Aisha Abdel Gawad’s multifaceted and moving debut novel, “Between…
Listen along on Spotify as you read.1. Anohni and the Johnsons: “It Must Change”Though the heart-wrenching vocalist Anohni has released…
Whenever I eat in a tasting-menu restaurant — which is several times a month and would be several times a…
When Ariella Steinhorn was 15, a group of teenage boys tackled her at a bus stop.After that, she began to…
Astrud Gilberto, who died on Monday at 83, brought the first, alluring taste of Brazilian bossa nova to countless listeners…
A FLAT PLACE: Moving Through Empty Landscapes, Naming Complex Trauma, by Noreen MasudFlatlands can be places of unnerving paradox. There,…