October 16, 2025 In The Dream House In The Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado, 2019 Taken in fragments from “In The Dream House” pp. 201-204: “Dream House as the Queen and… Continue reading
October 14, 2025 Her Body and Other Parties Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado, 2017 Trigger Warnings: A lot in here is horrendous! Child abuse, domestic abuse, sexual violence, body… Continue reading
October 5, 2025 When Women Were Dragons When Women Were Dragons, Kelly Barnhill, 2022 *resolutely screams into megahorn* Author Kelly Barnhill is deserving of MUCH more hype! It is my personal… Continue reading
September 19, 2025 If Beale Street Could Talk If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin, 1974 Baldwin’s lyrical prose has the profound effect of making one desire to understand every side. Fonny… Continue reading
September 12, 2025 Funny Story Funny Story, Emily Henry, 2024 Emily Henry’s Funny Story, like her other novels, is rich with what matters in a sweet, take me out… Continue reading
September 2, 2025 It Didn’t Start With You It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle, Mark Wolynn, 2016 Beware of… Continue reading
July 23, 2025 Song of Achilles Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller, 2012 It may have been the unchecked hype for this novel that made it such a disappointment. Scrolling through… Continue reading
July 13, 2025 The Smell On His Sweatshirt I was a wee baby when I wrote this one, probably 14. Part of my first collection, Things Of My Youth. Published in Frenetic… Continue reading
May 12, 2025 Cat’s Eye Cat’s Eye, Margaret Atwood, 1972 Cat’s Eye is a book about retrospect. Elaine, a woman in her middle age, returns to her hometown of… Continue reading
April 16, 2025 Doubts/Witching Hour “Doubts” was originally written by my angsty 14 year old self. It is published in Beneath The Mask Literary Magazine Issue 6 April 2025…. Continue reading
