Monthly Archives: August 2022

Reading Well: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

There are two competing reactions to Ocean Vuong‘s 2019 memoir, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. The first is that Vuong is a stunning writer, as in one whose sentences and paragraphs can literally stun you, making you look up from … Continue reading

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Reading Well: The Kingdom of Copper & The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty

I enjoyed S.A. Chakraborty‘s opening novel of this trilogy, The City of Brass, and the second (The Kingdom of Copper; 2019) and third (The Empire of Gold; 2020) were satisfyingly more of the same. There’s not a lot to say … Continue reading

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