First of all, as a fellow basement-apartment-dweller I have to say, “…on the cushion that already has a tear in it from when I tried to kill a house centipede with a butcher knife” (p. 46) is the most relatable sentence I’ve ever read. I laughed out loud for a full minute. It’s hard for…

Chrystia Freeland is a controversial figure here in Canada. Since her election to federal parliament in 2015, she has served as our minister of international trade, then our minister of foreign affairs, then until very recently our deputy prime minister and minister of finance, the first time a woman has held the latter position. A…

Goodreads blurb: From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in the heart of an Empire which doesn’t consider you fully human. My review: Sudan. Afghanistan. New York. Iraq. Syria. Nigeria. Ukraine. Gaza. Israel. In the first quarter of this century, countless civilians have died, caught…

Goodreads description: When Elise and her boyfriend, Tom, set off for Minnesota, all she knows about harvesting sugar beets (Beta vulgaris) is that her paycheck will cover a few months’ rent on their Brooklyn apartment. She’ll try anything to escape the incessant debt collection calls—and chronic anxieties about her body and her relationship. But as…

Goodreads description: To find a missing young woman, the new tribal marshal must also find herself. At rock bottom following her daughter’s murder, ex-Chicago detective Carrie Starr has nowhere to go but back to her roots. Starr’s father never talked much about the reservation that raised him, but they need a new tribal marshal as much as…

I listened to the audiobook of this short story yesterday (as part of an Audible exclusive collection of short stories called Trespass: Take a Walk on the Wild Side), and I thought I would attempt to write a review. Not an easy task for me, since Stephen Graham Jones’ writing usually leaves me speechless. He…