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“Armstrong proves herself to be yet another addition to the overwhelming lineage of Irish writers.”

"When Was The Last Time You Slept?: Stories as Novels as Stories in Maggie Armstrong's Old Romantics"

by D.W. White

April 28, 2025

"The Trembling Expanse of Stillness in Robin Walter’s Little Mercy"

“Little Mercy is a book of poetry that arrives to offer a vastness in the tiniest of spaces.”

by Mikal Wix

April 16, 2025

"Equilibrium and The Self: Writing Identity in Shubha Sunder’s Optional Practical Training"

“Sunder illustrates the push and pull of language, and the role of story in making sense of one’s experience and sense of self.”

by Devyn Andrews

March 4, 2025

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"The Journey Against Fixed Belonging in Patrycja Humienik’s We Contain Landscapes"

“Humienik explores parallel geographies of the physical world, the digital landscape, and the body.”

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"Inherited Scars: Exploring the Effects of Generational Trauma and Resilience in The Immortal Woman by Su Chang"

“The Immortal Woman uses Lemei’s mother-daughter relationship to illustrate the lasting effects of trauma and the ways we sacrifice pieces of ourselves in the name of self-preservation.”

by Corrine Watson

March 4, 2025

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by Amelia Loeffler

March 18, 2025

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