THE COLONY by Jillian Weise Soft Skull Press 352 pp. $14.95 review by Travis Schneider I’ve recently had a difficult time getting a job with my philosophy degree, and could probably stand a wider awareness of what exactly it is I’ve learned. But watch me subvert its credibility even further by describing what constituted a […]
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THE RAVENOUS AUDIENCE by Kate Durbin (reviewed by Sivan Butler-Rotholz)
THE RAVENOUS AUDIENCE by Kate Durbin Akashic Books 144 pp. $15.95 review by Sivan Butler-Rotholz When I had an opportunity to speak with Kate Durbin, I told her that I found a recent review of The Ravenous Audience to be overly pedantic. I also told her that I would be reviewing the book myself for the upcoming […]
THE INFINITIES by John Banville (reviewed by Marlon Frisby)
After an experimental foray with genre noir page turners, John Banville makes his long awaited return to the literary novel. Benjamin Black, Banville’s alter-ego when writing mysteries, may have earned more media attention than Banville, but Black’s novels lack the perfectly weighted lyrical flourishes Banville conducts readers through in each sentence. We read him like […]
HIJROTIC: Towards a New Expression of Desire a critical introduction to Tejal Shah’s Hijra Fantasy Series by Subuhi Jiwani
I first ran into the word hijrotic while I was listening to Radio Mirchi and travelling on Mumbai’s Harbour Line. RJ Jeeturaj was hosting his regular morning show and, as I was to find out, interviewing the well-known hijra rights activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi. Of the many things she said, this one word stuck with […]
