Sweet Poolside
Review Strange Poolside is a strange little manga. A teenage boy who hasn’t grown any body hair meets a girl who is embarrassed about her body hair, and the two…
A Girl on the Shore
Review A Girl on the Shore is a manga that I didn’t know that I needed. It’s a story about two youths, struggling with an oppressive ennui that leads them…
Another Brooklyn
Review I first encountered Jacqueline Woodson through her bite-sized memoir, Before Her, earlier this year and I was so in love with her prose that I knew I needed to…
Carrie
Review I hate to admit that I held off on reading this book for a long time. I had watched the 1976 and 2013 films and figured that the films…
Miao Dao
Review Of the Dark Corners stories I’ve read so far, I can tell already that Miao Dao will probably be my favorite and is by far one of the strongest…
The Sign of the Beast
Review What I admire most about Oates’ brand of suspenseful horror is that she truly understands the predatory nature of people. Mrs. S——, Howard's Sunday school teacher, is a sexual…