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Category: Book Review
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Coexisting Contradictions: A Review of Alicia Upano’s Everything to the Sea
Review by Kaitlyn Choy Alicia Upano, Everything to the Sea. William Morrow, July 2026. Hawaiʻi-born author Alicia Upano makes an impressive debut with a heartbreakingly beautiful story of enduring love, profound loss, and the gradual journey of healing against the backdrop of catastrophe. Set in Hilo, Hawaiʻi, Everything to the Sea (2026) follows Jane and Kenji, whose…
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Following Impressions: A Review of Radhika Subramaniam’s Footprint: Four Itineraries
Review by Alia Jeraj Consider what it takes to make a footprint: First, the weight of a foot must press into a permeable surface. Then, it must leave. Now consider what it takes to preserve that print: a perfect set of geologic and meteorological conditions, or perhaps intention, by the printmaker or an invested witness.…
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Relatable Anxieties: A Review of Ranjan Adiga’s Diversity Quota
Review by Anna Stirr This collection of short stories, Diversity Quota, marks Ranjan Adiga as a fresh voice in global literature in English today. More than simply chronicles of Nepali experiences or of US immigrant experiences with Nepali flavor, these stories demonstrate his skill as a keen observer of humanity. Set in the US and…
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Grief as Plot: A Review of Kelly Murashige’s The Yomigaeri Tunnel
Review by Gabriella Contratto One of the first lessons a creative writer learns is the shape of a good plot, the flat line of exposition, the rising action that culminates in the pointy climax where the plot turns, and the downhill line of the falling action ending in a neat resolution. In Fiction Writing 101,…
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Choosing What To See: A Review of Naomi Cohn’s The Braille Encyclopedia
Review by Ata Zargarof What do you do when a rare disease strikes at the heart of who you are and what you love? It’s a question that haunts Naomi Cohn, author of The Braille Encyclopedia, a collection of micro essays and prose poems documenting her experience of progressively worsening eyesight. The culprit? Pathological myopia,…
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