Sara Lippmann

Chin-Sun Lee on the Search for Home – Chicago Review of Books

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Chin-Sun Lee on the Search for Home – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Upcountry, Chin-Sun Lee’s debut novel, is an enchanting, intertwining tale of three lonely women in the fictional, gossip-hungry Catskills town of Caliban. The story opens when April Ives, a local single mother, has lost her home in foreclosure to Claire Pederson, a city lawyer with upstate roots. Drawn to the property’s dilapidated beauty——“so ruined,” … Read more

“as if time has already collapsed, and at the same time, extends, reaches:” Notes and Dispatches from Peter Orner and Robert Lopez

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“as if time has already collapsed, and at the same time, extends, reaches:” Notes and Dispatches from Peter Orner and Robert Lopez

[ad_1] The review is late. I’m stalling. Every attempt is a false start, a throat clearing. I stare out the window, nuzzle the dog, dispel a crust of sleep from his eye. Soon, my children will leave home and I’ll have no one to over-parent but the dog. Already I’m bereft. I get up to … Read more