Landed by Jennifer Lang
How should we react to terror that’s here to stay? Lang and her family members respond with stubborn resilience or temporary denial. With self-defense lessons in the synagogue’s social hall and learning how not to get stabbed.
Antonio Tabucchi
Message from the Shadows, Time Ages in a Hurry, Pereira Maintains I haven’t updated my website in a while. This summer, I turned my Substack newsletter Wander, Wonder, Write into a weekly publication and I’ve been busy writing essays and…
The Age of Doubt
Book review of The Age of Doubt by Pak Kyongni, one of Korea’s most known and respected authors.
Woman of the Hour—Fifty Tales of Longing and Rebellion
This collection will transport the reader from an Amsterdam canal to the Oaxacan coast, from a silt-streaked Venice to an imaginary world, from an Icelandic waterfall to a hall of mirrors.
Ten Books by Japanese Authors in Translation
A great way to get a feel for a country, other than living there, is to read its literature. While was in Japan in 2023, I read a lot of Japanese authors in translation. For this post, I’ve limited myself…
Closed Circle: New Flash Fiction in the Sunlight Press
The others and I hike up the winding trail from the riverbank to the queen of glacial waterfalls. The canyon is steep and stark as though warning me for what’s to come. Forty-five meters high, a hundred meters wide, two…
