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A First Look at Cavar’s “Failure to Comply” – Chicago Review of Books

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A First Look at Cavar’s “Failure to Comply” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] The Chicago Review of Books is excited to feature the cover reveal of Cavar’s debut novel, “Failure to Comply.” The blurb, author bio, and quotes that follow are all courtesy of the book’s publicist, Addie Tsai: “Failure to Comply is an abolitionist text concerned with trans, disabled, and Mad liberation as a speculative art…Every story … Read more

A Failure of Overmining in “The Caretaker” – Chicago Review of Books

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A Failure of Overmining in “The Caretaker” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] D Doon Arbus’s debut novel, The Caretaker, feels both firmly grounded and strangely out of time. It’s textured, densely, with brick and cloth, with an overabundance of artifactual detritus, furtively character-driven, and yet one could easily forget what century it’s from. Arbus embraces a slightly awkward distance from her subjects, enough to leave the … Read more