The Past Is Not Such a Foreign Country
It was 1811, the year of Napoleon’s Comet and the birth of his son. It was a time…
Reviews
Making Sense of a Troubled Life in My Father, Fortune-Tellers & Me by Eufemia Fantetti
Eufemia Fantetti’s most recent book, My Father, Fortune-Tellers & Me: A Memoir…
Inside the Noisy Bubble of a Totalitarian State: Possess the Air by Taras Grescoe
Taras Grescoe presents himself as a travel writer who falls for a place and then looks…
Life, Possibilities, and the Kalahari’s Many Secrets in The Afrikaner by Arianna Dagnino
Arianna Dagnino was born in Genova, Italy. After Moscow, London, and Boston, she worked…
Monica Meneghetti on Upending Conventions and Her Recent Memoir, What the Mouth Wants
In her recent memoir, Monica Meneghetti challenges assumptions about relationships…
Questioning How We Communicate and Why in Domenico Capilongo’s Send
They say you can’t judge a book by its cover, but the image on the cover of…
Boombats, Tony Desantis’ New Comedy Web Series
Tony DeSantis was born and raised in the east end of Montreal, Quebec. He grew up in a…
Lives of Ordinary People: Licia Canton’s The Pink House and Other Stories
The Pink House and Other Stories (Longbridge Books, 2018) is Montreal writer Licia…
Contemplating Machines in Terri Favro’s Generation Robot
I’ve turned on my computer to write this review of Terri Favro’s new…
Ethical Dilemmas in Rene Pappone’s The Partisan Brigade
In Rene Pappone’s latest novel, The Partisan Brigade, a long-kept secret haunts a…