Books that ask questions like: Is any of this really happening? What is possible, in this great big world of ours? And, of course, how do we survive each other?
Whidbey is not precisely concerned with the why of what happened, although it is concerned with what comes next. The abuser, as a voice, is almost completely absent.
At their heart, great sex and great basketball rely on the same fundamental principles: trust, attention, collaboration, and a desire to create something with whoever you’re with.
The laws of masculinity, and the ways in which they restrict and influence gender, infect every story (and novel) included in Torrey Peters’ collection, Stag Dance.
Arnett’s work is a reminder of something we often shy away from: What is the point of experiencing all of the pains of the human condition if we can’t, at…
