Book Reviews

May 2017

Native Lit in Review

By WLT

Check out the following book reviews from our reviews section that feature new anthologies, poetry collections, and works of fiction by Native writers. For more reading ideas, check out our Native Lit...
Sadder than Water by Samih al-Qasim

By Issa J. Boullata

Sept. 2007 WLT Samih al-Qasim. Sadder than Water. Nazih Kassis, tr. Adina Hoffman, intro. Jerusalem. Ibis. 2006. xxxi + 179 pages. $15.95. ISBN 965-90125-5-1 Althoug...
In Praise of the Unfinished by Julia Hartwig

By Rita Signorelli-Pappas

Nov. 2008 WLT Julia Hartwig. In Praise of the Unfinished. John & Bogdana Carpenter, trs. New York. Knopf. 2008. ix + 143 pages. $25. ISBN 978-0-307-26720-7 The p...
How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read by Pierre Bayard

By Warren Motte

March 2008 WLT Pierre Bayard. How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read. Jeffrey Mehlman, tr. New York. Bloomsbury. 2007. xix + 185 pages. $19.95. isbn 978-1-59691-46...
Popular Hits of the Showa Era by Murakami Ryu

By Michael A. Morrison

Sept. 2011 WLT Murakami Ryu. Popular Hits of the Showa Era. Ralph McCarthy, tr. New York. W. W. Norton. 2011. 192 pages. $13.95. ISBN 978-0-393-33842-3 At night, in...
Daytripper by Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá

By Rob Vollmar

March 2012 WLT Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá. Daytripper. New York. Vertigo. 2011. ISBN 9781401229696 Daytripper is the rarest of graphic novels—a work meetin...