Perspectives – Reads A Lot

Connection and Empathetic Perspectives in “The Islands” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsNovember 20, 2022 by hasanthika

[ad_1] I first met Dionne Irving in a workshop at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference and I was impressed not only with her talent but also with her engagement and kindness. I’ve gone on to have the pleasure of publishing her first book, the brilliant historical novel Quint with 7.13 Books in 2021. Dionne is that … Read more

The Shifting Perspectives of Longing in “Tell Me How to Be” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsDecember 7, 2021 by Marcie McCauley

[ad_1] Neel Patel’s Tell Me How to Be opens with both narrators spent: Akash and his mother, Renu, are weary and anxious. Decisions they made years ago have grown burdensome, seemingly inescapable: “No one ever told me that happiness was like a currency: that when it goes, it goes.” This is from Patel’s short story … Read more