Immediacy and Identity in ‘PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2018’
PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2018 is a primarily strong effort where the voices represent a tempting sample of some potentially great literary careers just beginning.
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‘The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories’ Is a Perfect Balance of Classic and Modern
The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories is not merely another college lit anthology, but a fascinating collection of short stories from all periods and from several authors who all too rarely make it into English translation.
‘Can We All Be Feminists?’ Needs Privileged Women to Hear: Women’s Rights Are Human Rights
A new intersectional feminist anthology says we can all be feminists, as long as we're willing to confront our privilege.
‘We’re Still at War’: Illustrated Stories Testifying to Atrocities, Survival, and the Human Condition
Post Bellum's publishing mission is not simply to isolate testimony from those who suffered but to also shed light on those who worked against the smothering constraints of fascism and totalitarianism.
‘Voices from the Rust Belt’: Dispatches from one of America’s Most Misunderstood Regions
The daughters and sons of the embattled, resilient US heartland map out its personal, cultural, and historical landscape.
Punk Is Dead Is Very Alive
Killing modernity every night requires philosophy and experience.
In ‘The Hunter Maiden’ Morals Are Learned and Lessons Realized
These stories demonstrate a sweeping range of complex characters whose dynamic standpoints spark the imaginations of any reader.
Emo, Mascara Scars and All
The founder of Washed Up Emo brings together ten podcast interviews in print form to document the history of one of rock's most misunderstood genres.
‘The Best American Mystery Stories 2017’ Toys with the Genre
There's a lot packed into a short 350 pages here, so leave your preconceptions of what "mystery" means behind and enjoy.
Beware the Books in ‘Bibliomysteries’
Book reading, book collecting, murder in libraries, and the mysterious desperation lurking in the dusty corners and between every aisle of bookstores past.
Academic Gamers: Your Assistance with ‘Gaming Representation’ Please
You might care about the concepts raised in Gaming Representation, but you probably won’t be able to understand them.