Tag Archives: Reading Well

Reading Well: Brown Girl In The Ring by Nalo Hopkinson

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Nalo Hopkinson‘s Brown Girl in the Ring (1998) has been in my “to be read” pile for a while. I can say I’m really glad I got to it, as it’s a very solid, enjoyable, and well-executed bit of YA … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Mohsin Hamid‘s debut novel, Exit West (2017) is a most rare creature: a gentle dystopian work. Exit West begins in an unnamed city in the Middle East (the geography can easily be inferred, but nothing terribly specific is confirmed), and … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: The Last Days of New Paris by China Miéville

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

One of my favorite authors, China Miéville, published two novellas in the past year or so. I wrote about This Census Taker here; The Last Days of New Paris (2016) is the second. When writing about This Census Taker, I … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: American War by Omar El Akkad

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Omar El Akkad‘s debut novel, American War (2017), is an arresting, gripping contribution to the landscape of post-apocalyptic fiction. Here, the disaster is largely environmental: all of Florida and most of the Eastern seaboard is underwater, the US economy is … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

George Saunders‘ much anticipated novel Lincoln in the Bardo (2017) does not disappoint, although it may bewilder. The Lincoln of the title is not Abe, but rather Willie, his son who died at the nadir of his presidency (the Civil … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: Tuesday Nights in 1980 by Molly Prentiss

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

The most compelling writing in Molly Prentiss‘ debut novel, Tuesday Nights in 1980 (2016), surrounds a synesthetic writer, whose descriptions of the New York art scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s are fantastically vivid and surprising. He is … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: Two Quick Things

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Every once in a while, I encounter an artist whose aesthetic fits my own in what feels like a profound way, someone that becomes an instant and enduring favorite. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Tord Gustaven‘s piano trio … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

I’ve been looking forward to Neil Gaiman‘s Norse Mythology (2017) since it was announced. As long as your expectations are correct, it doesn’t disappoint. Here’s what I mean: this is a very faithful retelling of the well-known tales of Norse legend–the origination … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Max Porter‘s Grief is the Thing with Feathers (2015) lives somewhere between a prose poem and a novella, and, in fact, at times feels like the script for a fascinating stage production. It is a short, stunningly creative, and highly evocative … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

We are all about to be submerged by a tidal wave of Nnedi Okorafor. Who Fears Death (read before I started Reading Wells, and highly recommended) is in production by HBO, her Binti series is a critical favorite, etc. The third novel to be … Continue reading →

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