Tag: contemporary fiction
Danielle Dorky spotlights Kate Zambreno’s feminist novel Green Girl in honor of Banned Books Week.
Everything I Never Told You is the breathtaking debut novel from author Celeste Ng; it’s a haunting portrayal of the unique challenges that mixed-race families face, the roles we assume in our family structures, and the difficulties in reconciling personal wants with familial expectations.
Danielle Dorky reviews The Revolution of Every Day, a debut fiction novel from Cari Luna that addresses the revolt against gentrification in New York City in the mid-nineties.
Wench is the debut historical novel from Dolen Perkins-Valdez that gives us a glance at how American slavery impacted women and the intricacies of the relationships between master and slave.
Mother, Mother tells the story of the Hurst family. To all of their neighbors and friends, the Hursts are a catalogue family. Douglas and Josephine Hurst are happily married and well-off, living in liberal, upstate New York. They have three healthy and intelligent children, attend church regularly and appear to be living the supposed white picket fence fantasy.