The woods have often served as the storyteller’s theater of magical encounters and warnings. Breadcrumbs, lost trekkers, magic brooks, foreboding … More
Tag: Shannon Nakai
Ancestral Throat, a chapbook of poems by Danny Rivera, reviewed by Shannon Nakai
“Dis–”, a prefix of negation, but also of an absence or removal, serves as the backdrop of Danny Rivera’s debut … More
THE OBSERVANT, Ravi Mangla’s second novel, reviewed by Shannon Nakai
In his second novel, The Observant, Ravi Mangla takes us into the trappings—both literally and figuratively—of a world fueled by … More
TWO MURALS, a poetry collection by Jesús Castillo, reviewed by Shannon Nakai
Gracing the cover of Jesús Castillo’s latest book Two Murals is a bi-sectioned black-and-white image: half a fingerprint merged with … More
Gentefication, a debut collection of poetry by Antonio de Jesús López, reviewed by Shannon Nakai
In April 2021, a recently elected city councilman of East Palo Alto championed for local clinics to accommodate a vulnerable, … More
LITTLE EYES, a new novel by Samanta Schweblin, reviewed by Shannon Nakai
In its eyecatching green-and-white cover and deceptively simple title, Samanta Schweblin’s Little Eyes offers a playful, incisive critique on what … More
Book Review by Shannon Nakai: “Life, Language, and the [Im]permanence of Being in Dora Malech’s Flourish“
In her fourth collection of poetry, Dora Malech unveils the miracles and complications of being in her incisive linguistic and … More
Heavy Feather Review 