101 Ways to Read a Book
by Timothée de Fombelle and Benjamin Chaud, translated by Karin Snelson
Our talented friend Karin Snelson gave a witty talk last week at Madison Books about her current passion in her long career in kids' books: translating them. Among her books under discussion (along wi... (Tom)
Same Bed Different Dreams
by Ed Park
Worth the wait. By that I mean both the time since I first read a preview copy of this novel (nine months or so ago) and the time since Ed Park last published one (fifteen years). A prolific magazine... (James)
The Girls
by John Bowen
This little reissue, originally published in 1986, lured me in with its gorgeous Edward Gorey cover art, and then I couldn't help but stick around. Set in the mid-1970s in the Midlands, it begins with... (Anika)
The Liberators
by E.J. Koh
This short and spiky novel spans decades of time, from 1980 to 2014, in both Korea and the west coast of America. Is it a poet's novel? (E.J. Koh is a poet.) Yes, but its beauties can be hard to swall... (Tom)
The Magicians
by Blexbolex, translated by Karin Snelson
Our talented friend Karin Snelson gave a witty talk last week at Madison Books about her current passion in her long career in kids' books: translating them. Among her books under discussion (along wi... (Tom)