Josh Vigil

[ad_1] Early in Drifts, the narrator wonders: “How to fold time into a book?” How to write both the “full and the fleeting sensations. How to capture that? The problem with dailiness — how to write the day when it escapes us.” The result of this poundering, Kate Zambreno’s Drifts, is a novel of notes, … Read more

[ad_1] When asked about the best ways to prepare one’s children for the “coming chaos,” the protagonist of Jenny Offill’s new novel Weather responds, “You can teach them to sew, to farm, to build.” Then, more importantly, she adds, “Techniques for calming a fearful mind might be the most useful though.” As the title suggests, … Read more