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A Review of A Loving, Faithful Animal by Josephine Rowe

March 26, 2018

Elizabeth Jaeger

(New York: Catapult, 2017) I am stuck. At least that is how I feel most days. Trapped in a life far removed from the one I once dreamed. On good days, I fantasize about fleeing, where I’d go and how … Continued

A Review of Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor

January 29, 2018

Rachel Sona Reed

(New York, NY: Catapult, 2017) On New Year’s Eve in an unnamed English village near Manchester, a visiting teenager named Becky disappears. The entire village assembles to look for her. Police and investigators swarm the village, the search goes on … Continued

A Review of Guesswork by Martha Cooley

July 17, 2017

Cynthia-Marie Marmo O'Brien

(Guesswork: A Reckoning with Loss. New York, NY: Catapult, 2017) “Who can speak for her, for what she feels? One can only guess,” Martha Cooley meditates on a statue of Madonna in Guesswork: A Reckoning with Loss, her memoir in … Continued

A Review of Am I Alone Here? by Peter Orner

December 14, 2016

Trevor Payne

Am I Here Alone? Notes on Living to Read and Reading to Live (New York, NY: Catapult, 2016) In his intriguing new book Am I Alone Here? Peter Orner plays with the difference between reading and writing as therapeutic human … Continued

A Review of Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton

April 18, 2016

Gretchen McCullough

(New York, NY: Catapult, 2016) Margaret the First was not a queen, like Katherine of Aragon or Ann Boleyn. But she could be considered an early queen in the history of women’s literature: Margaret Lucas Cavendish, a 17th century Duchess, … Continued

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