Recounting nearly 30 years of Egyptian history in three Cairo summers, Yasmine El Rashidi's Chronicle of a Last Summer: A Novel of Egypt drives readers through an evolving --- perhaps even crumbling --- country on the brink of revolution. At the heart of El Rashidi's story are the unnamed narrator and her ever-dwindling family. The … Continue reading Chronicle of a Last Summer: A Review
I've read my fair share of dystopian fiction, but I have never come across a book outside of the genre that gave me the same signature sense of hopeless terror. At least I hadn't, until I read Sweet Lamb of Heaven by Lydia Millet. This chilling tale of a woman's flight from her manipulative husband … Continue reading Sweet Lamb of Heaven: A Review
It isn't often that a book I've only just read becomes an instant favorite. I tend to realize just how much I've enjoyed a novel only when I find myself recommending it to friend after friend after friend. It is perhaps because I can't do this with John Darnielle's Wolf in White Van that I … Continue reading Wolf in White Van: A Review
According to data gathered in 2014, 42% of college students will not read another book after graduation. Now, graduating from college is terrifying, because it's like getting pushed out of a nest: you've got to fly, but you don't know how, and you have to make progress to stay afloat. Progress = growth, and one of the … Continue reading 13 Books to Reread after College
A freelance writer & editor shares the reading list for her last undergraduate semester.