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Reading Juniper by Monica Furlong (Doran 1)

Juniper by Monica Furlong (Knopf, 1990). Doran 1. I discovered Monica Furlong and her novel Juniper in my favorite place: a pile of used books. It is always the most providentially discovery and inspires a much deeper relationship, in my mind, between reader and book than does purchasing the thing brand new. I found this, … Continue reading Reading Juniper by Monica Furlong (Doran 1) →

Short Review: Juniper by Monica Furlong (Doran 1)

Monica Furlong. Juniper. Knopf, 1990. Doran 1. I discovered Monica Furlong and her novel Juniper in my favorite place: a pile of used books. It is always the most providentially discovery and inspires a much deeper relationship, in my mind, between reader and book than does purchasing the thing brand new. I found this, I … Continue reading Short Review: Juniper by Monica Furlong (Doran 1) →

Fall 2022 University Press Recommendations

The master list of university presses, catalogs, and Twitter accounts can be found here (this list will help you get a sense of the shorthands I use for Press names). All past and future seasonal recommendation lists can be found here. Fall 2022 Book Recommendations by . . . General InterestWorld Cultural StudiesAmerican StudiesAncient and Medieval … Continue reading Fall 2022 University Press Recommendations →

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You Want to Work in Academic Publishing: What next?

This is a guide to thinking about the transition to working in academic publishing for academics, designed especially for graduate students and recent postdocs looking to move out of the tenure-track-or-bust rat race.

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Short Review: The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories, Volume 2

James D. Jenkins and Ryan Cagle, editors. The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories, Volume 2. Valancourt, 2022. This is the anticipated sequel to the first volume, which brought a broader range of previously untranslated global horror fiction to an anglophone audience than any previous publication. My full review is forthcoming in World Literature Today, … Continue reading Short Review: The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories, Volume 2 →

Haiku Review: The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories, Volume 2

Under Review James D. Jenkins and Ryan Cagle, editors. The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories, Volume 2. Valancourt, 2022. Genre tags: horror, world literature, short stories A tome of terrors gathered from around the world; what more lurks out there? This is the anticipated sequel to the first volume, which brought a broader range … Continue reading Haiku Review: The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories, Volume 2 →

Short Review: Civilizations by Laurent Binet

Laurent Binet. Civilizations. Translated by Sam Taylor. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021. French writer Laurent Binet’s newest novel, Civilizations, is the rare attempt to write alternate history as it happens, meticulously, day by day. It takes formal licenses by imitating literary styles contemporaneous to the time period in which it is set—between 1492 and the … Continue reading Short Review: Civilizations by Laurent Binet →