A Review of the Tender and Unique Novel “Salt and Skin” by Eliza Henry-Jones
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A Review of the Tender and Unique Novel “Salt and Skin” by Eliza Henry-Jones


Luda is a journalist and she seems to have an almost cut-throat nature when it comes to her reporting. She sees the story and the opportunity to tell it – and not really who is involved in the storytelling and how their lives become swept up in the drama of the story. When Luda publishes the picture of the girl falling to her death off the coastline of the remote community she moves to, she is quickly ostracized by the community. In a moment of profound grief – Luda can only seem to see the opportunity to tell a story of climate disaster with little regard for how the disaster of losing a child might affect the family involved. Continue reading

A Review of “The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida”: Magic Realism & Art
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A Review of “The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida”: Magic Realism & Art


This is all a very roundabout way to say that The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida was an amazing book and went against every apprehension I had. As soon as I started to read it, I could not put it down. I felt completely immersed in the story – carried with the winds of the in-between with Maali – and I was utterly hooked. Personally, it has been a breath of utter fresh air to have found Karunatilaka’s novel at a time where I haven’t always felt on my reading A-game. Continue reading

“Nightbitch”: Feminine Rage in Rachel Yoder’s Magical Realism Novel
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“Nightbitch”: Feminine Rage in Rachel Yoder’s Magical Realism Novel


It is hard to explain what drew me to Rachel Yoder’s novel – the title, the cover, or the promise of transformation? It is possibly a bit of all three. While the novel talks about motherhood’s effect on women and the household, it is more than just a story of becoming a mother. It also … Continue reading