ERASED: An Actor of Color’s Journey Through the Heyday of Hollywood

Hollywood is the Great Dream Factory and peddler of lies. All those movies we watch will have the audience believing that the hero is the larger-than-life white guy riding in on his steed and saving the gorgeous actress from the “others.” The “others” are anyone who does not look like […]

The Book Swap

Tessa Bickers’ debut novel The Book Swap is a delight for book lovers, especially those who like to write in the margins of their most beloved novels, but it isn’t as lighthearted as one might expect from the bright pink cover. The couple at the heart of the book–Erin and […]

Vivienne

A national art museum wants to finally exhibit and recognize the startling work of a long-forgotten surrealist, Vivienne Volker. Vivienne and her family are heartened by the news. They live distantly from the city and their lives are constrained. There is Vivienne’s much younger working class lover; there are also […]

Tangles

I have been recommending this book to my friends as a horror story. It has everything I want out of a historical novel: characters that feel like they belong to the time period, rich details, a conflict that feels weighty but belongs to a part of history that is too […]