An interview with İnci Atrek, Author of Holiday Country – Chicago Review of Books

An interview with İnci Atrek, Author of Holiday Country – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] First thing, let me get something out of the way: I’ve known İnci Atrek, author of Holiday Country, for a long time. We went to Wellesley College together and both took an especially memorable travel writing class our senior year. I saw the earliest glimmers of Holiday Country in the personal essays Atrek shared … Read more

“We Survive When We are Seen:” An Interview With Kira Jane Buxton, Author of “Feral Creatures” – Chicago Review of Books

“We Survive When We are Seen:” An Interview With Kira Jane Buxton, Author of “Feral Creatures” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] I can safely say I’ve never read another book from the perspective of a foul-mouthed crow before I read Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton. A novel unlike any other, Hollow Kingdom is an apocalyptic story told from the point of view of Shit Turd, a pet crow who once belonged to a man named Big Jim. As … Read more