There’s something distinctly aspirational about the titles of Lydia Kiesling’s two novels thus far. If judging on that alone, you’d be forgiven for missing their … Read More
There is something uniquely intimate about getting to know someone through their voice. To hear a person without seeing them allows our imaginations to flourish. … Read More
The posthumous publication of a beloved author can be a dicey proposition. Unless the writer managed to finish the manuscript before she passed, the resulting … Read More
Around the time that Donald Trump was elected president in late 2016, a phrase began circulating periodically on my social media feeds: “We are the … Read More
Montana is often called “Big Sky Country,” but you wouldn’t necessarily know it from the people inhabiting Deirdre McNamer’s Aviary. Set in an elderly housing … Read More
Is there a more back-handed compliment than to be called a “woman before her time”? There’s something self-congratulatory in the appellation, how it’s both dismissive … Read More