Category Archives: Reviews

Playwright Michael R. Jackson appeared on CBS Sunday Morning on June 5 to discuss his award-winning Broadway play, A Strange Loop (Theatre Communications Group). Also on CBS Sunday Morning the previous week was Angela Davis, author of Angela Davis: An Autobiography and co-author of Abolition. Feminist. Now. (both from Haymarket Books).

A version of Grey Bees author Andrey Kurkov’s speech from the PEN World Voices Festival ran at TIME recently.

Charco Press and Scribe have titles on the shortlist for the 2022 Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize.

We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration (Chin Music Press) is a finalist for Pop Culture Classroom’s Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards.

The Music Game by Stéfanie Clermont, trans. JC Sutcliffe (Biblioasis, February 2022)
“Clermont’s novel reminds us of the resilience of lifelong friendships and how they can triumph over the darker aspects of life. Any time a group of close friends reunites, even after a period marked by trauma, there is the possibility of finding solace by simply reconnecting with those who knew you when you looked at life through a more innocent lens.”—ZYZZYVA

The 2022 Nautilus Book Award winners include titles from Monkfish Book Publishing, New Society Press, and Sarabande Books.

Lora DeVore, author of Darkness was My Candle (Global Book Sales / Confer Books), appeared on Portland’s KATU ABC 2 on May 12.

Among CLMP’s 2022 Firecracker Awards finalists are titles from Biblioasis, Deep Vellum, Nightboat Books, and Transit Books.

Scott Graham’s Canyonlands Carnage (Torrey House Pres) is a 2022 Colorado Book Award finalist in the mystery category.