Relationship – Reads A Lot

The Relationship Between Reader and Story in “Family Meal” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsOctober 23, 2023 by Marcie McCauley

[ad_1] Bryan Washington sets the table in Family Meal with an abundance of ordinary details. His characters are busy with their hands, for instance: they might play with their thumbs, twirl a pen, throw the peace sign, or flick a cherry tomato. Fingers press into orifices and bodily fluids, press cell phone screens, and press … Read more

Blurring Relationship Boundaries in “Thirst for Salt” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsMarch 10, 2023 by Michael Knapp

[ad_1] Our unnamed narrator meets Jude, a local antique dealer and washed-up actor, while on vacation with her mother in an isolated Australian coastal town. Jude is forty-two. Our narrator is twenty-four. Jude recognizes her copy of Marguerite Duras’s The Lover. Our narrator is smitten. And so we embark on a doomed romance serving as … Read more