Kristen Radtke’s Seek You considers our solitary era
…Casey Kasem’s “American Top Forty.” Seek You braids the science of loneliness, from extensive experiments to recent discoveries, with her personal history. Radtke writes candidly about nomadic treks from the…
Brian Broome’s memoir rescues a childhood ended too soon
…making a show of his muscular body. “Someday you won’t look good,” the rejected man tells him. “You’re not always going to be young. Someday everything you’re so proud of…
In Robert Olen Butler’s Late City, America’s last surviving WWI soldier reports his life story to God
…evenings away from his family and for thinking constantly about work. “In my head, at least, there is no end to the workday,” Sam says. It’s Al Capone, whom Sam…
Margaret Renkl discusses her new essay collection, Graceland, at Last
…that speaks to a national audience. It really can’t be the latest local outrage. When I cover a story, [it’s usually] some kind of story that breaks stereotypes, particularly the…
Young women use magic to achieve vigilante justice
…complex — sometimes even evil — but Waters never plays into tropes that vilify women on account of their gender. Additionally, the story does not shy away from interrogating why…
Ron Rash’s In the Valley displays his masterful command of short fiction
…Rash also includes lyrical interstitial passages that list the progression of wildlife loss that logging will bring to this valley — environmental destruction that parallels the human suffering that Serena…
