In Avni Doshi’s Booker-shortlisted “Burnt Sugar,” narrator Antara begins by making a strong admission: “I would be lying if I said my mother’s misery has never given me pleasure.” This sets the…
Books & Authors
You could say Elisheba Haqq’s writing career started with a lie. At the age of 12, her essay “Why my mom deserves roses on Mother’s Day” was published in a small, local…
Looking forward to some holiday reading? Here are 5 recently released books that are handpicked just for you! Looking to add some new books to your ever-growing reading list? Getting into…
Intentional self-love is a revolutionary act. Every advertisement, every website pop-up, and many TV shows movies, and other forms of media make their money by trying to convince you that you are…
“Coming Back to the City: Mumbai Stories” juxtaposes lives in Mumbai’s affluent high rises and the working-class residential ‘chawls,’ against a shadowy backdrop of real estate greed and land sharks. This novel…
Hate them, love them, respect them, or detest them: guns are a modern-day reality— and not just for us, but also for a rare-book dealer named Deen, the lead character in Amitav…
Due out in October—just in time for anyone with a sense of sadness that summer has ended—Curdella Forbes’s A Tall History of Sugar is a tour de force Caribbean love story set at the…
Born into bondage in antebellum Virginia, Hiram Walker must watch as he slowly forgets the last memories of his mother, who was sold away. He carries with him a superpower, however, to…
If you’re looking to dip your toes in the water as a voyeur on someone else’s spiritual adventure before embarking on your own, Stalking God is a must-read. The author tries to find her…