Book Reviews

At the Intersection of Hope and Dread

Two space novels to read in the new year.

Feb 8 •

To Own and Be Owned

A review of 'Tremor' by Teju Cole — a cerebral novel without much plot to pursue.

Sep 7, 2024 •

Tell the Story With Your Ears

A review of 'James' by Percival Everett — a novel born from listening.

Aug 31, 2024 •

Asking the Small, Human Questions

A review of 'Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI' by Madhumita Murgia.

Aug 3, 2024 •

Fandom Work is Life and Death

‘Oshi’ (idol) culture in Japan and reading 'Idol, Burning' by Rin Usami.

May 11, 2024 •

Everyone You've Ever Met

Reading ‘The Details’ by Ia Genberg, translated by Kira Josefsson.

May 4, 2024 •

Lessons in Feeling & Many Hamlets

A review of ‘Enter Ghost’ by Isabella Hammad.

Apr 20, 2024 •

A Fever Dream in Warped Time

A review of ‘Prophet Song’ by Paul Lynch.

Jan 24, 2024 •

Sisterhood and the Erotic

Reading Audre Lorde's ‘Zami: A New Spelling of My Name’.

Sep 22, 2023 •

Caste and Cosmopolitanism

Reading Sunjeev Sahota's 'The Year of the Runaways'.

Sep 17, 2023 •

How the Digital World Offers New Ways of Reading Literature

Who speaks? Who listens? What is said?

Sep 15, 2023 •

A South Asian Anthology of Queer Erotica

A review of ‘Close, Too Close: The Tranquebar Book of Queer Erotica'.

Sep 14, 2023 •

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