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OCTOBER 5, 2023

10/5/2023

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1) What is the book? 

          Maria, Maria

2) Who wrote it? 
           
Marytza K. Rubio

3) What is it about?
        Maria, Maria is a collection of short stories that are centered around the themes of magic, nature, and mythical animals. The stories feature wildly intriguing elements of magical realism and many feature heroines whose interaction with supernatural forces leads to new insights about regeneration and resurrection, life and death. Many of the stories deal with themes of ineffability and the realization of speculative worlds, as experienced through the lens of Mexican, Latin-American, and Caribbean cultures. 

4) Why did I read it? 
       I've always loved speculative fiction because I'm fascinated by any book that attempts to imagine possible futures or alternate realities that take the reader on a journey beyond the current horizons of the possible. Rubio's imagination was influenced largely by her upbringing in Santa Ana, California where the parrots, fruit trees, and lush gardens served as a geographical template for the kind of colorful terrain she wanted to depict in her fiction. This emphasis on lush nature and wild birds is contrasted in the stories with a focus on diabolical and macabre themes, resulting in a style that has been referred to as "tropi-gothic." The practice of brujeria, a form of witchcraft native to Latin American and Afro-Caribbean cultures, is a central motif throughout. Tarot, the magical significance of eggs, and a unique brand of Mexican-American mysticism also feature heavily. 

5) What do I think? 
          Maria, Maria is filled with fantastical imagery and literary invention. Although most of the stories take place in southern California, Rubio also takes the reader to locales such as Brazil and New Orleans. The title story of the collection is a powerful evocation of both Latinx and female agency, and Rubio's tales are filled with aunts, sisters, mothers, daughters, mermaids, vampires, and witches. The importance of familial and generational ties provides a genuinely moving emotional anchor to these supernatural flights of fancy, and even when the stories are exercises in sheer verbal brilliance, the boldness of Rubio's vision and her macabre humor transport the reader to new and exciting places. For readers who want to dip in and sample the stories, I would recommend beginning from either the beginning or the end. "Brujeria for Beginners," which begins the collection, is a brief and humorous introduction to this particular brand of witchcraft as if it were being introduced through the syllabus of a community college course. "Maria, Maria," the eponymous novella of the collection, caps the stories in a way that sees all of the previous themes coalesce. Following a family of Marias through generations, it handles themes of psychic powers, ancient technology, civilizational collapse, and self-discovery.

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SEPTEMBER 5th, 2023

9/5/2023

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1. What is the book? 

              Calling for a Blanket Dance     

2. Who wrote it?
              Oscar Hokeah

3. What is it about?
             Blanket dances are performed at some tribal Pow Wows as a way to collect funds to aid traveling people and groups onward to the next Pow Wow or back home. This novel can be seen as a blanket dance for one character, Ever. Each chapter can be interpreted as a contribution by family members both close and estranged, chosen and fated, to sustain Ever on his life’s journey home.

4. Why did I read it?
            Some of my favorite novels have been written by Native American/tribal authors, including Leslie Marmon Silko’s Gardens in the Dunes, which talked thematically about the Ghost Dance, an important event in the lore of several tribes. Knowing nothing about blanket dances and having this information in reserve, I was curious if there were going to be any similarities between the two dances.
            Alas, they are as different as the individual tribes that make up the monolithic moniker “Native American.” Calling for a Blanket Dance does what I hoped it would; it lifts the veil of homogeneity and challenges easy tropes, sharing snapshots of the humanity of this tribal people.

5. What do I think?
            This book is a fine example of presenting a flawed and admirable protagonist, Ever, his story told through the voices of those who know him best. It celebrates his endurance through difficulties he experiences, directly and indirectly, from infancy. More than that, coming from an outsider’s perspective such as mine, it showcases the multifaceted complexities of a multicultural, mestizo people in the Mexican American, Kiowan, and Cherokee communities in Oklahoma in such a way that the many characters’ humanity makes them seem like family to myself.
           Familiar situations are given poignancy when experienced by the people who orbit Ever’s life across five decades. In one chapter from his grandfather Vincent’s perspective, Vincent tries to make amends with estranged family members, particularly his young grandsons, by instilling pride in their Kiowan heritage and culture. Another voice, Ever’s sister Yolanda, struggles with how best to address the knowledge she acquires of Ever’s new bride, Lonnie, being unfaithful and developing a drug addiction while Ever is serving in the military. Perhaps one of the most poignant turns the novel takes is when Leander is introduced. He is a troubled child who is given guidance and stability by Ever, due in part to Ever’s own history with familial instability and the anger and confusion it produces. Ever’s connection to Leander grows roots as he eventually adopts Leander as one of his children.
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AUGUST 5TH, 2023

8/5/2023

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Guest review by Gabriel Fox 

1. What is the book? 
       Western Lane
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2. Who wrote it? 
       Chetna Maroo 

3. What is it about? 
      Western Lane is the coming-of-age tale of eleven-year-old Gopi and her two older sisters Mona (15) and Khush (13). When Gopi’s mother passes away, her father decides that his three daughters should acquire more discipline. Being an enthusiast for racket sports, he decides that the girls will begin a very intensive regimen of physical training and exercise to become great squash players. It is on the squash courts of the decaying country club Western Lane that the sisters are driven nearly every waking hour outside of school to hone their racket skills by an imperious task master. The subtle brutality with which the father drives his daughters to competition with each other leads an already grieving family to the brink. Yet as Mona and Khush fall away from squash out of physical and mental exhaustion, Gopi identifies herself ever more fiercely with the sport. What was once an unhealthy perfectionism imposed on her by a domineering parent turns into a means for Gopi to discover her own talents and process the death of her mother with both grace and cathartic ferocity. 


4. Why did I read it? 
        I read Western Lane because I was curious as to how Maroo would use the sport of squash as a symbolic matrix with which to deal with more serious thematic material about childhood, memory, unhealthy family dynamics, and the acquisition of a positive self-image. I knew nothing about squash or racket sports more generally before I read the novel, but that did not turn out to be an obstacle to understanding and enjoyment! Maroo explains the workings of the squash court in a way that helps the reader to understand the sport's dynamics without distracting from the main thread of the story. I haven’t read many novels that use athleticism and sport as a primary theme, so this was a new and enjoyable experience. 

5. What do I think?
          I would recommend Western Lane to readers who are looking for novels pertaining to squash, adolescent identity formation, British-Indian cultural identity, family dysfunction, childhood, the processing of loss, or who are just looking for a brief but engrossing afternoon’s reading. Despite the challenges and hardships faced by Gopi and her sisters, this is a novel that ultimately focuses on the hard-fought battle to regain agency for oneself and turn the hardships that are forced upon us to our own advantage. Maroo’s prose is spare, but forceful. The staccato-like precision of each sentence is an extension of the “clean hit” or “pistol-like shot” of the squash courts. Despite this, there is a tremendous amount of nuanced observation and emotional insight that the reader is allowed to perceive at the margins of the text. Volleys and serves, the T, the service line, pivoting, ghosting, backhanding – every aspect of squash is utilized as a metaphorical reflection of the sisters’ inner emotional experience and their relation to an imperious father figure.
         One aspect of Western Lane that I found particularly intriguing was a slightly unsettling menace of paranormality that encroaches at the periphery of our attention without ever really fully explaining itself. Slightly bizarre occurrences make themselves known throughout: implied mother-daughter telepathy, a maimed and feral dog named Fourth Avenue who appears to communicate silently with the sisters, and the decomposing squalor of the club itself. These saturate the novel with an unusual psychic intensity that is indicative of both the external and internal states of the characters. It is the careful way in which Maroo slowly threads Gopi’s ultimately positive story out of these sinister elements that gives the novel a sense of ultimately satisfying resolution and uplift. By turns tender, eerie, visceral, and life-affirming - Western Lane is an unorthodox bildungsroman that will attract readers looking for something touching and sui generis. 

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July 5th, 2023

7/5/2023

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Guest review by Hannah Krull
1. What is the book? 
          The Sorrows of Others
2. Who wrote it?
          Ada Zhang
3. What is it about?
        Through a series of short stories, Ada Zhang explores the human condition through careful treatment of love, violence, social change, and diaspora. Highlighting relationships between immigrant families and their homelands, traditions, and foods, Zhang asks critical questions about the process of moving between being an insider and an outsider. What happens when we leave home, and what happens when we stay? What selves do we meet and shed in the process of becoming?
4. Why did I read it?
        I read The Sorrows of Others because I was interested in the philosophical and emotional dimensions by which Ada Zhang analyzes otherwise commonplace interactions and family dynamics. As the beautiful cover illustrates, hinting at Zhang’s writing which lies just inside the jacket – though the paths of our lives often come with isolation and separation, there are critical moments in which our paths cross and weave together.          
5. What do I think?

        Zhang tells each story in a unique voice and from a variety of subjects, cultivating a cast of characters who navigate growing distant from friends, healing from the tragic loss of a sibling, learning family history that paints loved ones in a poor light, and struggling to be authentic in a world that operates on a different set of values. Though each story grapples with loneliness and isolation, moments can be found in each telling that provide a glimmer of hope into an otherwise somber account of human experience. I appreciated Zhang’s treatment of each character, relatable in their humanity even when moving through a world which I personally have little connection to – set in China and the United States, this collection is a beautiful rendering of Chinese immigrant and outsider experiences which asks important questions from the inside - ones that rarely make it through into popular culture. Zhang’s writing, amplified by the organization of the book, encourages an identification with each figure – even despite their at times unlikable and frustrating inner monologues which the reader is privy to.
    The Sorrows of Others by Ada Zhang is a short read which can easily be picked up and set down, as each story is largely self-contained. Were Zhang’s debut a film, I would find myself searching for someone, maybe Yeye or Xiao Ann, in the background of other stories, questioning whether they were just a moment away from their paths crossing like the cobalt and salmon lines snaking their way across the front cover.

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June 5th, 2023

6/5/2023

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1. What is the book? 
          Which Side Are You On
2. Who wrote it?
          Ryan Lee Wong
3. What is it about?
          A socially conscious young man comes back home from university for the impending death of his grandmother, and feels
          burdened with letting his parents know of his impending decision to drop out of school. He gets an education on his
          parents’ activism during a tumultuous time in Los Angeles that helps inform what is important to him in his own
          activism.

4. Why did I read it?

          I read Which Side Are You On because I enjoy getting to know aspects of history and culture, even ones I’m most familiar
          with, from different perspectives. The title alludes to the harmful habit humans have of choosing a myopic view of ideas,
          people, and the world because it is comforting and engenders a sense of loyalty.

5. What do I think?
          Wong does a great job embodying his characters with attributes, at turns endearing and annoying, that help give them
          individuality.
Which Side Are You On reads at times like a young adult novel due in part to some of the themes broached,
          and in part because the main character, Reed, is a young adult. What is unique and worthwhile
is that the nuanced parts
          treat social justice work, the racial dynamics of the Los Angeles uprising following the Rodney King verdict in 1992 and
          its aftermath, and Asian American identity politics as the complex issues they are.


          Which Side Are You On is told in the first-person, from the perspective of a young man, Reed. His name is apt, as reeds can
          be utilized as weapons, writing instruments, and musical conduits, among other things. Reeds are pliable when young,
          and they produce both sonorous and cacophonous notes by the force of wind that vibrates all around them. Reed the
          character is at times stiff and sharp in his convictions, like the tip of an arrow. He also has agency and uses his voice to
          support his convictions, like a pen wielded by an artist. Like a reed in a musical instrument that sounds when wind runs
          through, Reed is buffeted on all sides by varying influences, emitting poignant and grating sounds depending on the
          force of said influences.


          The title is noteworthy because of the change of tone that is enacted through one subtle omission, which is the question
          mark at the end. “Which side are you on?” implies an open-endedness, setting an inquisitive tone, perhaps in an attempt
          to start a conversation in search of common ground or allyship. Without the question mark, “Which side are you on” is
          more rhetorical, suggesting a more rigid, nearly accusatory, stance. I think that Reed starts out with the latter tone, but by
          the end of the novel he finds that things are not as simple as right and wrong. Which side am I on, regarding Wong’s
          debut? While not in my all-time top ten, I found it to be a worthwhile read.
 

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May 5th, 2023

5/5/2023

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1. What is the book? 

          Chola Salvation

2. Who wrote it?

         
Estella Gonzalez

3. What is it about?

          Chola Salvation is a collection of stories, loosely connected, about people who gravitate, physically or spiritually, toward    
          East Los Angeles. These characters, male and female, exhibit the multifaceted complexities of the Chicanx/Latinx
          identities of “East Los” residents across class, sexuality, and generational lines.


4. Why did I read it?

         
As is common, the cover art drew me in. It is a portrait of the Virgen de Guadalupe, or a Chicanx/Latinx representation
          of Jesus’ mother, Mary, decked out in bouffant bangs, dark lipstick, tattoos across her chest and shoulders and adorned in
          large, gleaming silver or chrome crucifix earrings. A “chola” is a female gang member who exudes toughness and
          resilience. The blending of the so-called sacred and profane is a dichotomy that I was interested in observing in
          Gonzalez’s stories.


5. What do I think?

          I enjoyed the tempo, the cadence, and the dissonance of stories told bilingually, as it reflects speech heard in various
          immigrant and multicultural communities. If one of the languages is foreign to the reader, a bilingual story takes on a
          different shape, either by the disruption caused by stopping to look up the unfamiliar words, or because parts of the
          narrative are covered by the shade of incomprehension and have to be sussed out by context. In
Chola Salvation there are
          moments where Gonzalez provides meanings for the Spanish spoken, but I preferred the times when the dialogue stands
          on its own.


      Each story is multi-faceted, collectively providing a kaleidoscopic glimpse into the lives, celebrations, traumas, and
          love of the residents of East Los. A few of my favorites are the titular “Chola Salvation,” “Act of Faith,” and “No Such
          Thing.” In “Chola Salvation,” a girl is aided by her patron saints, Frida Kahlo and the aforementioned Virgen de
          Guadalupe, in order to escape an untenable situation at home. “Act of Faith” features Angelina, a woman who copes with
          the abandonment of her estranged husband who moved across the street into his lover’s house, by burning him in effigy.
          The story “No Such Thing” showcases Jesús as he battles to keep his bookstore afloat while getting his mother to accept
          his partner, Don.


          Be warned that the collection does exhibit people enduring traumatic situations in their lives. However, I find that the
          humanity of the characters shines through when they can rely on each other and their community. This  makes them
          both familiar and memorable.


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April 5th, 2023

4/5/2023

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What is the book? 

          Ring Shout

Who wrote it?

          P. Djèlí Clark

What is it about?

          This imaginative fable centers on three friends who are intent on eradicating evil in early 20th
          century Georgia. It weaves magical realism through a historically fraught time and place for Black
          people in order to accentuate real perils those communities survived.


Why did I read it?

          I picked it up because the title evinces a spiritual, celebratory clarion that champions revival, as the
          upraised hands on the cover image echoes. However, the rest of the cover menaces with the
          haunting hood of a Ku Klux Klan member adorned by two open mouths for eyes, signifying danger
          for the congregation.

         The story also captures for me the importance of oral histories and the preservation of culture by
          those who create and experience it. The smattering of notes throughout that frame the sacred
          place the Shout holds to its members also provides context in a memorable way.


What do I think?

          Ring Shout combines history with myth, placing real dangers in the realm of fantasy. While Clark
          does this, he also reestablishes appropriated and racist caricatures back in the context of Black and
          mestiza/o folklore (bruh fox and bruh bear). He also highlights the racial malice of the film
The Birth
          of a Nation
and the confederate monument in Georgia, Stone Mountain, using them as beacons to
          foment racist ideologies that helped motivate the Great Migration.

         The main characters, Sadie, Chef, and Maryse, each exhibit personality traits that endear them to the
          reader and to each other as well. They share a bond as vigilant warriors against an otherworldly evil
          and their differences are what make their connection stronger than blood. Maryse is the leader of
          the three, as her history and earlier loss at the hands of the enemies fortifies her resolve and her use
          of a magical blade against those enemies.

          I am reminded of Toni Morrison’s oeuvre and the
Black Panther films because this story and those
          share the theme that ancestors provide lessons, motivation, and hope to present-day heroes.
          Overall, this short work is memorable for both its shout-out to the history of Black culture and for
          its ringing knell that historical enemies resurface if given the opportunity.

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March 5th, 2023

3/5/2023

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1. What is the book? 

          Siren Queen

2. Who wrote it?

          Nghi Vo

3. What is it about?

          Siren Queen tells the story of a fictitious star of the silver screen, Luli Wei, and the sacrifices she
          makes in her determination to make a name for herself outside the confines of racial and gendered
          tropes that were the studios’ bread and butter. It lifts the curtain on the entertainment industry in a
          creative way, blurring the lines between reality and make-believe in the process, and it reads like a
          historical novel of early to mid-twentieth century Hollywood, a modern fable seasoned liberally
          with magical realism.


4. Why did I read it?

          I picked up Vo’s book because I wanted to try something new. I’ve read fantasies and I’ve read
          historical fiction, but the blending of the two genres is something I haven’t experienced before.


5. What do I think?

          The most fascinating aspect of Siren Queen is that, as the layers of veneer and polish that create
          Tinsel Town’s luster and allure are peeled back to reveal the sinister dangers that propel its success,
          the mythical creatures posing as producers, directors, and actors help ground it in reality. It isn’t a
          far stretch to see a Harvey Weinstein inspiring Oberlin Wolfe, and the price for fame may not be
          one’s soul, but it does cost those who strive for it dearly.


          While it is the story of a fictitious movie star in the making, the novel does speak to the difficulties
          actors of color had in finding roles that were not one-dimensional or rife with offensive and
          oftentimes dehumanizing characteristics. In this way, it can be read as a companion piece to
          Charles Yu’s National Book Award-winning novel,
Interior Chinatown. Vo also sheds light on similar
          issues women actors faced, and what sovereignty and self-preservation cost those who pursued it
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          In her mostly successful attempts at weaving reality into the fantastical there are times when Vo
          leans too heavily on rote characterizations of mythical tropes. Overall,
Siren Queen offers a
          refreshing take from an insider’s perspective of the celluloid machine.


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February 5th, 2023

2/5/2023

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1. What is the book? 

          Trust

2. Who wrote it?

          Hernan Diaz

3. What is it about?

          It is a novel in four parts, with four different narrative voices, about capitalist pursuits in the United States by a fictional
          tycoon from the late-19th into the mid-20th centuries.


4. Why did I read it?

          This one I picked up by chance. The subject matter doesn’t usually interest me, but the fact that it tells overlapping
          stories from different perspectives got me intrigued. 


5. What do I think?

          As the novel unfolds from different perspectives, what comes to my mind is Orson Welles’ cinematic masterpiece,
          Citizen Kane. The movie centers on Charles Foster Kane, who is a thinly veiled avatar of actual media tycoon William
          Randolph Hearst. When Welles made
Citizen Kane, Hearst was not happy and came very close to silencing it before it
          arrived at movie theaters. In
Trust, art does imitate life.

          Another piece Diaz is in conversation with is the article by scholar Gayatri Spivak, “Can the Subaltern Speak?” In that
          article, Spivak posits that if the lowest class members of society want to represent themselves or be heard, it comes at a
          drastic and shocking price. The true center of
Trust is one such character.

           Diaz’s novel does not end in typical fashion, and for me this is the redeeming quality of Trust. It poses the question
          “What if?” What is the greater story of this country’s moguls if all the people who contributed to their lives had a voice?
          Another question, perhaps mine, is what sacrifice must the supporting cast, as it were, make in order to be afforded their
          opportunity to speak?


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January 5th, 2023

1/5/2023

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1. What is the book? 

          Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm

2. Who wrote it?

          Laura Warrell

3. What is it about?

          It is an evocation of the jazz that embodies one of the central characters, Circus Palmer, and many
          of the lives he touches. Like the music, it is at turns sultry, melodious, brash, and reverberating.


4. Why did I read it?

          As with many novels that capture my attention, the title drew me in first. It is from a quote by jazz
          pioneer Jelly Roll Morton, epigraphed at the beginning of Warrell’s book. Since jazz is the ebb, flow,
          and inspiration of the story, it recalled other authors who showcase its influence in their writing,
          like James Baldwin and Toni Morrison. 


          Of course, I cannot think of jazz in literature without thinking of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, and
          so I imagined Circus as a contrast to that unnamed, young protagonist in Ellison’s novel. Where he
          is unseen raging against the machinations of a post-World War II society whose traces on that
          society are surreptitious, Circus, as an older Black man facing the harsh reality of fading talent and
          opportunity, leaves haphazard traces of himself on everyone who sees, hears, and touches him.


          Returning to the title, the novel’s sweetness is bittersweet; it is soft like a bruise; and its rhythm is as
          syncopated as a murmuring heartbeat.


5. What do I think?

          The most interesting part of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm is the variety of perspectives from which
          the novel unfolds. Warrell places Circus front and center, like a jazz soloist who affects a bevy of
          women with his art, passions, fears, and outsized personality (his name is apt!), but the women and
          their voices are the rhythm section that set the tempo and provide context for the solo’s existence.


          The two recurring characters are Pia, Circus’ ex-wife, and his teenage daughter, Koko, and their
          cadence is a jazz suite on the page. Part of the charm of the book is that all of the characters are
          clearly flawed, which accentuates the beauty of their individual and collective struggles. 


          Another character, Maggie, figures prominently in Circus’ thoughts, as she and their unborn child
          drive him to introspection, but her perspective is only seen in one chapter.


          There are some uncomfortable scenes in the book, particularly Circus’ painful, meandering, and
          philandering path to being a responsible and giving father to Koko, and I think Warrell
          overcompensates for this by presenting a tidily packaged ending, but it does read like the music that
          inspires it. 


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