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Announcing the Your Favorite Book Podcast w/first guest Dantiel Moniz – Chicago Review of Books

Announcing the Your Favorite Book Podcast w/first guest Dantiel Moniz – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsFebruary 18, 2021 by Malavika Praseed
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We are excited to announce a collaboration between the Chicago Review of Books and the Your Favorite Book podcast. Malavika Praseed, frequent CHIRB contributor and … Read More

Generational Trauma in Avni Doshi’s Booker Prize Finalist “Burnt Sugar” – Chicago Review of Books

Generational Trauma in Avni Doshi’s Booker Prize Finalist “Burnt Sugar” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsJanuary 30, 2021 by Malavika Praseed
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“My mother is forgetting, and there is nothing I can do about it. There is no way to make her remember the things she has … Read More

Devastation, Divisions, and Drag in “Crosshairs” – Chicago Review of Books

Devastation, Divisions, and Drag in “Crosshairs” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsDecember 13, 2020 by Malavika Praseed
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Boldness incarnate. A laugh in the face of subtlety and propriety. These are fragmented phrases to describe Crosshairs by Catherine Hernandez, and they do not … Read More

Paranoia, Betrayal, and the Discomforts of “The Land.”

Paranoia, Betrayal, and the Discomforts of “The Land.”

Categories Book ReviewsOctober 19, 2020 by Malavika Praseed
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I am twenty-five years old and have no memory of 1999. What I know of Y2K comes from my father’s nostalgic laughter and from the … Read More

Marginalization and Magic in “Master of Poisons” – Chicago Review of Books

Marginalization and Magic in “Master of Poisons” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsSeptember 20, 2020 by Malavika Praseed
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Approaching a genre for the first time is like learning a new language. Sifting through the impenetrable for words you understand, learning the conventions and … Read More

Running on Craftsmanship in “The Finisher” – Chicago Review of Books

Running on Craftsmanship in “The Finisher” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsAugust 7, 2020 by Malavika Praseed
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As someone who normally reads standalone literary fiction, I sometimes find it challenging to approach genre fiction, namely because it’s hard to know exactly where … Read More

Agency, in Life & Death, in “The Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die” – Chicago Review of Books

Agency, in Life & Death, in “The Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsJuly 31, 2020 by Malavika Praseed
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In 1966, Jean Rhys published Wide Sargasso Sea, a reimagining of Jane Eyre that delved into the past and present of Mr. Rochester’s first wife, … Read More

Banter among Bandits in “The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water” – Chicago Review of Books

Banter among Bandits in “The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsJune 18, 2020 by Malavika Praseed
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Deciding what book to read next can be an arduous task. I’ve been known to comb through recommendations from friends, bestseller lists, and review publications … Read More

Lavish Abundance in “Latitudes of Longing”

Lavish Abundance in “Latitudes of Longing”

Categories Book ReviewsMay 21, 2020 by Malavika Praseed
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At fourteen years old I was assigned Paolo Coelho’s landmark novel The Alchemist for summer reading. I threw it on my bed in disgust, barely … Read More

Experiencing Worlds of Water in An Yu’s “Braised Pork” – Chicago Review of Books

Experiencing Worlds of Water in An Yu’s “Braised Pork” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsApril 24, 2020 by Malavika Praseed
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It became clear to Jia Jia that Chen Hang must not have considered, not even for a moment, that such a place was improper for … Read More

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