A potent depiction of friendship.
Category: Reviews
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.
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