Ferdydurke is not the name of a character in Witold Gombrowicz’s astonishing 1937 debut novel. Nor is Ferdydurke a word in any (known) language. What it is is …
REVIEW: Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz
REVIEW: Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
YES this book is (almost) one 1,000-page sentence. It is also very readable and one of the best new novels I’ve read in a very …
ARTICLE: A Kansas Bookshop’s Fight with Amazon
A Kansas Bookshop’s Fight with Amazon Is About More Than the Price of Books: The owner of the Raven bookstore, in Lawrence, wants to tell …
MARCH BOOK OF THE MONTH: Satellite Love
Our Book of the Month for March is Satellite Love by Genki Ferguson. Check out the exclusive video here to see Genki talk about Satellite …
REVIEW: Malina by Ingeborg Bachmann
Ingeborg Bachmann, indicating considerations that extend beyond merely those of insurability: “No policy in the world can cover me.” Might this suggest grandiosity pleased to …
FEBRUARY BOOK OF THE MONTH: The Centaur’s Wife
Our Book of the Month for February is The Centaur’s Wife by Amanda Leduc. We talked to Amanda this month about her new novel, questions …
REVIEW: The Only Story by Julian Barnes
It’s a good feeling to tuck into a novel and know I am in the hands of a master. And that was certainly true with The …
REVIEW: Five Wives by Joan Thomas
I hardly know what to say about Five Wives. I didn’t love it, I didn’t enjoy it, but I certainly admired it. What a magic …
RESPONSE: to “Overdue”
On July 25th, the Globe and Mail published an opinion piece by Kenneth Whyte called “Overdue.”Here’s my response: Taras Grescoe has reacted to Kenneth Whyte’s …
REVIEW: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Girl, Woman, Other is an open-hearted, wise, compassionate, and finely wrought portrait of black womanhood in all its complexity.