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Aram Mrjoian

An Interview With Marisa Crane – Chicago Review of Books

An Interview With Marisa Crane – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsJanuary 17, 2023 by Aram Mrjoian
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While I was reading Marisa Crane’s elegant debut novel, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself, I thought a lot about how much of ourselves we … Read More

An Interview with Kristine Langley Mahler – Chicago Review of Books

An Interview with Kristine Langley Mahler – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsOctober 25, 2022 by Aram Mrjoian
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For years, I’ve read Kristine Langley Mahler’s essays and have come to expect inventive structures, sentences that are taut and on-target, and a meticulous attention … Read More

Crafting Patience and Permanence in “God’s Children are Little Broken Things” – Chicago Review of Books

Crafting Patience and Permanence in “God’s Children are Little Broken Things” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsJune 9, 2022 by Aram Mrjoian
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Published in the Winter 2022 issue of Michigan Quarterly Review, Joe Sacksteder’s craft essay, “Against Quirky Writing,” captures many of the editorial frustrations I find … Read More

Dantiel W. Moniz’s “Milk Blood Heat” is a Debut to Remember – Chicago Review of Books

Dantiel W. Moniz’s “Milk Blood Heat” is a Debut to Remember – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsFebruary 4, 2021 by Aram Mrjoian
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Heat is the operative word in the title of Dantiel W. Moniz’s debut collection, Milk Blood Heat, because these stories are fire. There is the … Read More

“Life Among the Terranauts” Reinforces Caitlin Horrocks’s Status as a Maestro of Short Fiction – Chicago Review of Books

“Life Among the Terranauts” Reinforces Caitlin Horrocks’s Status as a Maestro of Short Fiction – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsJanuary 12, 2021 by Aram Mrjoian
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Caitlin Horrocks’s second collection, Life Among the Terranauts, is compiled of humorous and tenacious stories that serve as a reminder that the flyover states are … Read More

The Thrill of Justice in “Winter Counts” – Chicago Review of Books

The Thrill of Justice in “Winter Counts” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsAugust 25, 2020 by Aram Mrjoian
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Winter Counts opens on Virgil Wounded Horse in a parked car outside a bar biding his time before he beats the hell out of local … Read More

Imagined Genres in “All My Mother’s Lovers” – Chicago Review of Books

Imagined Genres in “All My Mother’s Lovers” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsMay 29, 2020 by Aram Mrjoian
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A third of the way through Ilana Masad’s All My Mother’s Lovers, Maggie Krause, our protagonist, prepares to leave her father and younger brother holding … Read More

Mining the American Mythos in “How Much of These Hills Is Gold” – Chicago Review of Books

Mining the American Mythos in “How Much of These Hills Is Gold” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsApril 16, 2020 by Aram Mrjoian
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Amidst a pandemic, many of the most wealthy and powerful Americans continue to value the vitality of the economy over the vitality of humanity. We … Read More

The Cruelty of Busyness

The Cruelty of Busyness

Categories Book ReviewsApril 3, 2020 by Aram Mrjoian
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With all that’s going on today, it’s easy to nostalgically reflect on 2012 or 2013 as less chaotic and technologically overwhelming. The deluge of tweets … Read More

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