And because of this power, it becomes both a haven and a battlefield for witches, humans, and other magical beings. IMO, it works kind of like Hemingway's use of Spanish in For Whom the Bell Tolls, giving texture and a feeling of place. If you’ve ever sat alone in your basement online with your eyes peeled towards the screen wishing you could be something more, your emoji death mask is here.

A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Laura Theobald makes poetry look easy, how a sudden slice across the finger while chopping onions makes blood look easy. Joseph Fasano is the author of the novels The Swallows of Lunetto (Maudlin House, 2022) and The Dark Heart of Every Wild Thing (Platypus Press, 2020), which was named one of the “20 Best Small Press Books of 2020.This is different from his previous novel which was concerned with just a few characters and moments of dialogue; this book moves differently and seems a new achievement for such a poetry-oriented author. Yes, it's set in Calabria in 1945-46, but its truths clearly resonate with the contemporary US and elsewhere.

This is a book for everyone, but I think teachers should especially consider sharing it with their students, as it deals with the causes and consequences of tyranny. An author flying to Scotland was left “pleasantly surprised” after noticing his neighbour on a flight from the US to Scotland was reading his new book. To read The Swallows of Lunetto is to step into a sensual, sea-woven and brutal world of war and its aftermath. Swallows fly in the basilica where Leonardo contemplated death; they fly in and out of Alexandra’s open bedroom windows as she and Leonardo tell their stories.Mullikin, When You Approach Me at the Lake of Tomorrow and Founding Editor of NightBlock beyza ozer invented scale. I’ve long been moved by Fasano’s work, but this book in particular soars differently than his previous novel.

It was a great way to just meet somebody and talk, and it’s funny because writing literature is an attempt to connect to other people, but you never expected it to be a real-life connection like that,” he said. But although she’s inspired by a hot virtual relationship with her internet boyfriend, everything else falls apart, in a tornado of relentless rejection. In her third book of fiction, she effectively reinvents the rules for short story writing for the third time. Manic Depressive Dream Girl tackles addiction and sadness, the science behind it all, but more importantly it tackles the heart—the heart in color, the heart in black and white, the heart acting as engine, the heart spurring us to love, the heart lassoing another as we pull ourselves to a safer place. In this close narrative, Seidlinger captures the doubt, desperation, and deceit involved in finding purpose.Leonardo is full of guilt and confusion when the war ends, and the novel asks questions about how people get caught up in the dangerous ideas of political extremes. This book strikes the perfect balance between taking humanity to task and reminding us of our beautiful possibilities.