Monthly Archives: February 2026

Read this cover to cover on a flight with great pleasure. Like his other novels, it’s a tender, gentle story of people nursing various harms and finding ways to come together. What I always find so moving in Washington’s work is how beautifully it portrays love, not as an exclusive claim or demand, but asContinueContinue reading “Palaver, Bryan Washington”

I don’t know why I read so many graphic novel biographies, because I’m not generally that fond of them, but I guess it’s that I always feel like my knowledge of history is sorely lacking, and I’d way rather read something with cool art than a regular biography? And I’m teaching my Jane Austen andContinueContinue reading “Patchwork, Kate Evans”