English is but one of the thirty languages that Tadeusz Dąbrowski’s poetry has been translated into from his native Polish—a fact that won’t surprise anyone familiar with his mindbending takes on what others take for granted. The... Read More
Women, blue-collar workers, and Indigenous people in Mexico respond in hallucinatory ways to the violence of men and abusive authority figures in Elena Garro’s intricate short story collection "The Week of Colors". Incorporating... Read More
Catharina Coenen’s memoir-in-essays "Unexploded Ordnance" draws on history, biology, philosophy, and linguistics to explore social trauma and unspoken, inherited memories. A German immigrant, Coenen moved to the United States for... Read More
Nineteenth-century gender restrictions are portrayed with focused eloquence in the startling historical novel "Silent Cauldron". In E. B. Moore’s disquieting historical novel "Silent Cauldron", a Quaker girl disguises herself as a boy... Read More
Gigi Little’s novel "Who Killed One the Gun?" is both a hard-boiled detective story and a whimsical, existential meditation on destiny, self-determination, and forgiveness. One the Gun is a private eye tasked with finding the killer of... Read More