Books


Review: ‘Cleopatra and Frankenstein’ tackles love and loneliness
NYU alum Coco Mellors’ “Cleopatra and Frankenstein” is a complex narrative of love, loss, trauma and companionship.
Aarna Dixit, Contributing Writer
• Mar 27, 2023


Review: The pain and beauty of modern intimacy in ‘Closer Baby Closer’
Savannah Brown’s third poetry collection is an exploration of the existential horror of knowing and being known. Fittingly released on Feb. 14, Brown’s newest title contains her most intimate work yet.
Stephanie Wong, Film & TV Editor
• Feb 14, 2023


Review: ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’ offers a new take on memoirs
“iCarly” comedian Jennette McCurdy lays everything bare in her debut novel.
Madeline Kane, Staff Writer
• Nov 4, 2022


Review: Suad Amiry’s ‘Mother of Strangers’ powerfully portrays Palestinian life
Based on a true story, “Mother of Strangers” tells the devastating love tale of Subhi and Shams in Jaffa during the end of British rule in Palestine.
Yezen Saadah, Staff Writer
• Oct 31, 2022


Reading Guide: Fall in love with Deborah Levy
Deborah Levy’s writing has the bittersweet simplicity of Hemingway and the intriguing strangeness of Murakami with a key element both authors lack: well-developed female characters.
Audrey Abrahams, Contributing Writer
• Oct 28, 2022


Review: ‘Klara and the Sun’ examines humanity through the eyes of a machine
Kazuo Ishiguro's eighth novel explores individuality and human complexity through the unique perspective of Klara, an artificially-intelligent robot.
Rylee La Testa, Staff Writer
• Oct 4, 2022


Q&A: Kazuo Ishiguro on Joni Mitchell, ‘War and Peace’ and the future of storytelling
Abby Wilson, News Editor
• Oct 4, 2022


Q&A: Colum McCann says ‘storytelling is the most democratic thing that we have’
In his novel “Apeirogon,” National Book Award winner Colum McCann writes about Palestine, and Irish literature beyond Ireland.
Natasha Roy, Contributing Writer
• Sep 29, 2022


Staff Recs: Back to school
The Arts Desk spotlights some of their favorite artworks dealing with the highs and lows of college life.
Yas Akdag, Natalia Palacino, Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer, Clara Scholl, and Stephanie Wong
• Sep 12, 2022


Review: ‘Lapvona’ encapsulates abject apoliticism
As Ottessa Moshfegh’s trademark gallows humor grows formulaic, her newest novel does little more than snicker at a group of Slavic peasants.
Natasha Roy, Contributing Writer
• Sep 7, 2022


Review: In ‘Time is a Mother,’ Ocean Vuong explores grief through the prisms of time and space
Published on April 5, 2022, Ocean Vuong’s new collection of writing situates the death of his mother within the remnants of memory and the potential of language.
Katherine Williams, Contributing Writer
• May 2, 2022


Review: ‘In the Margins’ imagines writing without writers
Elena Ferrante’s new craft-based book demands that contemporary literature rely only on the merits of its prose.
Lillian Lippold, Contributing Writer
• Apr 18, 2022


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