Reading Recommendations
Book Reviews
The Book of Jeremiah
From the first chapter of this novel in stories by debut author Julie Zuckerman, I knew I was in expert hands. She not only paints a warm and nuanced portrait of a family, she also gives a detailed insight into…
The best middle grade books that capture the magic of Paris and France
Paris has always been a magical city to us. It's where we found each other and fell in love. It's where we wrote our first books and movies. The City of Lights charmed and inspired us for twenty years: Paris…
This is How You Lose the Time War
Keeping love alive on battlefields, in decaying cities, with the future of humanity at stake—how is it done?
Blind Man’s Bluff
Blind Man’s Bluff by James Tate Hill is a beautifully honest and funny memoir on blindness. Or more accurately, on how the author, struck by a serious eye disease at age sixteen, tried to hide his disability from friends and…
Three Books on Craft
I read three excellent craft books in the past three months. You may find these recommendations and quotes from these works in this post.
The Best (Dead) Father Stories
Today is my father’s birthday. He died over twenty years ago and far too young. In 2017, I wrote a piece about him that was published in the anthology Sleep is a Beautiful Color. Afterward, SmokeLong Quarterly asked me to…
