For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] A good short story can feel like a mystical experience, or leave a reader remorseful, longing. Kate Doyle’s debut is a collection of such stories, linked in subtle ways, that perfectly encapsulate what it’s like to reflect on your youth while you’re still in it. The young women in these stories are on the … Read more
[ad_1] Reading Marta Balcewicz’s debut novel, Big Shadow, I couldn’t deny my subjectivity. In 1998, I was the same age as Judy, the novel’s inexperienced 17-year-old narrator. And like her, I desperately wished to make a living as an artist. I haunted NYC’s East Village, near my home; I held court with some unusual characters … Read more
[ad_1] I first met Fatin Abbas in 7th grade French class—September 1993, New York City. Although we were both new to the school, our places of origin were 6,000 miles apart. At the time I didn’t know what had brought her to the United States from Sudan, that her family had fled political persecution following … Read more