Book Review
In the Company of Men
by Tanisha Rule
In Véronique Tadjo’s literary novel "In the Company of Men", a community goes to battle against Ebola. Two boys wander into the woods to hunt; they come come home proud to prepare and eat the animals they’ve ensnared. But within...
Book Review
The Movement
by Tanisha Rule
Thomas C. Holt’s civil rights history text, "The Movement", takes care to include Black women leaders alongside its more familiar names. Beginning with 1930s and 1940s political strategizing, this book covers familiar civil rights...
Book Review
These Bodies
by Tanisha Rule
In the whirling, spirited short stories of Morgan Christie’s "These Bodies", familiar concerns meet metaphorical otherworldliness. Unable to find seasoning salt anywhere in town, a woman finds a store on a previously unseen street; she...
Book Review
White Freedom
by Tanisha Rule
With its thorough inquiries into world history, Tyler Stovall’s "White Freedom" shows that the highly regarded American ideals of liberty and freedom do not contradict the nation’s record of racism; in the US, “freedom” has...
Book Review
Slash and Burn
by Tanisha Rule
In Claudia Hernández’s complicated novel about war, longing, disappointment, and resilience, "Slash and Burn", story and style vie for supremacy. The story begins with the memory of a schoolgirl struggling through an exam on which the...
Book Review
The Road to Woop Woop and Other Stories
by Tanisha Rule
The short stories of Eugen Bacon’s The Road to Woop Woop contort in the audience’s imagination because of their original imagery, unique turns of phrase, and refreshing, diverse cast. In the speculative story “A Maji Maji...
Book Review
Written in Starlight
by Tanisha Rule
Isabel Ibañez’s "Written in Starlight" is a powerful story of lost privilege and a fight to uncover personal strength. Catalina is the rightful heiress to the Inkasisa throne, but she has been disgraced, overthrown, and sentenced to...
Book Review
A Woman's Place
by Tanisha Rule
Energetic from the first, Kylie Cheung’s A Woman’s Place is blunt as it narrates the current political and social landscape with regard to women’s interests. Each chapter tackles a different aspect of women’s existences, and many...