Randy Kraft’s OC BookBlog: “Properties of Thirst” by Marianne Wiggins
First things first: this novel is a masterpiece, second only to Marianne Wiggins’ previous masterpiece, "Evidence of Things Unseen." If...
First things first: this novel is a masterpiece, second only to Marianne Wiggins’ previous masterpiece, "Evidence of Things Unseen." If...
First things first: this novel is a masterpiece, second only to Marianne Wiggins’ previous masterpiece, "Evidence of Things Unseen." If...
Read MoreFirst things first: this novel is a masterpiece, second only to Marianne Wiggins’ previous masterpiece, "Evidence of Things Unseen." If...
An exploration of two novels: Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan and The Swimmers, by Julie Otsuka
Now and then, a novel comes on the radar that should be more widely read than it might. Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez is one. A...
Domenico Starnone writes slim fictions, a rarity given the door stop-sized novels published recently. One might call them novellas, as...
Lost & Found arrives with a unique blend of heart and mind. Written by Kathryn Schultz, a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, it’s a...
Beneficence by Meredith Hall: A story about connections made, and lost, and about healing from grief, but unlike any novel dealing with...
A contender for the National Book Award, Matrix, by Lauren Groff, is one powerful original glorious work of fiction.
This dispatch features the books The Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead and Mating by Norman Rush; novels old and new, both examining with...
First things first: this novel is a masterpiece, second only to Marianne Wiggins’ previous...
An exploration of two novels: Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan and The Swimmers, by Julie...
Now and then, a novel comes on the radar that should be more widely read than it might. Olga Dies...
Domenico Starnone writes slim fictions, a rarity given the door stop-sized novels published...
First things first: this novel is a masterpiece, second only to Marianne Wiggins’ previous masterpiece, "Evidence of Things Unseen." If...
First things first: this novel is a masterpiece, second only to Marianne Wiggins’ previous masterpiece, "Evidence of Things Unseen." If...