Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
(6 Rave, 1 Positive)
“…the strangest, most horrific story that Grann has told … Grann folds it, neatly, into three hundred pages. But he also makes something much more out of the material—something deep, devastating, and almost unbearably sad.”
–Alex Abramovich (Bookforum)
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Marlena by Julie Buntin
(5 Rave)
“…a thrilling and important examination of female adolescent friendship … Marlena feels timeless.”
–Liz Moore (The Boston Globe)
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Sunshine State by Sarah Gerard
(4 Rave, 3 Positive, 1 Pan)
“Sunshine State embodies Florida’s unpredictability in the best sense. The essays are structurally intricate and ultraprecise in their depictions of both the physical and human worlds. Always intimate and never insular.”
–Laura van den Berg (BOMB)
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Somebody With a Little Hammer by Mary Gaitskill
(3 Rave, 4 Positive)
“That’s how the best of these essays work: as a clanging, double-bell-alarm-clock wake-up call for those of us who have ceased to notice or question or understand our own experiences.”
–Sariah Dorbin (The Los Angeles Review of Books)
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A Line Made By Walking by Sara Baume
(3 Rave, 2 Positive)
“A Line Made By Walking is an insightful exploration of the psychological processes and potential emotional toll of a life whose goal is to turn experience into art.”
–Melissa Harrison (The Financial Times)
