CW: spoilers, mentions of death, age-gap relationships, and chronic pain
In the spring of 2015, Irish author Sally Rooney reflected on her time as the top competitive debater in Europe in...
Chris Abani’s novella “Song for Night” is a harrowingly beautiful recount of war from a decidedly unlucky child soldier named My Luck. As a member of a platoon of children trained to defuse mines,...
Now that we are well into February, I am sure exactly what you are looking for is another “best of 2022” list. No? Too bad. There are so many amazing books that came out in the last year, and while...
Malinda Lo ’96 worked on her latest novel for basically a decade.
In the acknowledgments of “A Scatter of Light,” Lo writes that the novel was conceptualized in 2012 and that she began writing it...
Welcome (or welcome back) to Books Before Boys, a misnomer of a book review column (“Books Before Literally Anyone Because I’m Aromantic and Asexual” just doesn’t quite have the same ring to it)...
Content warnings for Lessons in Chemistry: sexual assault, sexual harassment, death, grief, death of a loved one, car crash, suicide, mentions of homophobia, references to child sexual abuse, bombs
One...
There’s something particular about Casey McQuiston’s writing that I can’t quite describe. It’s the way that settings and characters are described, the way their dialogue flows so naturally, the...
This review contains mild spoilers for “Dial A for Aunties,” the first novel in the Meddelin Chan series.
You know, when I saw the premise for “Dial A for Aunties,” I thought to myself, “This...
Are you a lesbian? Are you in college? Are you upsettingly single? Do you have mommy issues? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should consider reading “She Gets the Girl.”
When I...
