Review: Winepress by Gabriela Mistral (translated by Ursula K. Le Guin)

Poetry that is elemental, grief-stricken, unearthly.

Review: The Other Half Of You by Michael Mohammad Ahmad

A bracing read about modern masculinity.

Review: The Mermaid Of Black Conch by Monique Roffey

A fish-out-of-water tale that becomes something stranger.

Review: Moby Dick by Herman Melville

It’s about whales.

Review: The Wild Iris by Louise Glück

Poetry that forces clarity upon you about the cruelty and wonder of being alive.

Review: The Sweetness Of Water by Nathan Harris

A heartfelt story of rebuilding a ruined society.

Review: Lucky’s by Andrew Pippos

A fable of the fickle nature of fortune.

Review: Auē by Becky Manawatu

Auē tears down the walls around New Zealand’s epidemic of domestic violence.

Review: Fourteen by Shannon Malloy

A harrowing memoir of growing up gay in regional Australia.

Review: Light by Eva Figes

A masterful, stroll-around-a-garden novella.