In Ravi Mangla’s Understudies the unnamed, first-person narrator, a high school teacher, helps his mother overcome her fear of flying, … More
Tag: Merridawn Duckler
The Holy Ghost People, by Joshua Young
Plays are like frogs. They start life in a form that scarcely seems to resemble the final product. What whirls … More
The Tide King, a novel by Jen Michalski, reviewed by Merridawn Duckler
Magic and fantasy, the supra and the supernatural are having a good long run in modern fiction. I approve of … More
My One Square Inch of Alaska, a novel by Sharon Short, reviewed by Merridawn Duckler
There was a time, in the not too distant past a pernicious form of lexical sexism permeated the bookshelves. It … More