1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (481+ words) Sunyi Dean’s 'The Book Eaters' is a delightfully atmospheric story of motherhood, freedom, love, and sacrifice International Examiner Book Eaters are an ancient and secretive people living throughout England who eat books to absorb information. Inhuman and closed off, the…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (330+ words) ‘The Thief’ is a captivating suspense story of Tokyo’s underworld International Examiner Fuminoroi Nakamura’s The Thief is a captivating, slow-burn suspense story told through a side of Tokyo typically unseen. Nakamura’s detailed descriptions of the life and profession…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (662+ words) International Examiner In Reparations and the Human, Professor David L. Eng challenges his audience to step back and reconsider: What are reparations and what is human? A slim but timely, relevant volume packed with complexity, the book brought to mind the…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (148+ words) As I stare, I can see a big wheel rolling on the water (from “Water Lily,” page 4) The falling autumn leaf and the leaf still hanging— you and I (from “The Bottom,” page 40) As a realm of juxtapositions, Flatfish becomes…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (337+ words) 'Salmon Run' is a beautifully-illustrated children’s introduction to Washington’s iconic cultural animal species International Examiner Annie Chen’s Salmon Run is a beautifully illustrated picture book following the lifelong journey of a coho salmon. The book takes readers through the…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (351+ words) International Examiner Veteran authors Wendy Shang and Madelyn Rosenberg have a combined impressive list of acclaimed children’s books that range from picture books to middle grade fiction. Together they venture into historical fiction with the 1980’s — yes, unfortunately that counts…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (867+ words) Bruce Fulton occupies the Young-Bin Min Chair in Korean Literature and Literary Translation at the University of British Columbia, where he serves as a Professor in the Department of Asian Studies. He is the co-translator, with Ju-Chan Fulton, of numerous…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (669+ words) Drawing on world mythologies ‘Bitter Medicine’ is a romantasy about the freedom to love International Examiner Elle and Luc are two people determined to find a way home to each other. Both are grappling with issues both mundane and fantastical....

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (422+ words) Nguyen announced the publication of her book Boat Baby on The Today Show. An engrossing memoir, it is the story of her family’s escape from communist Vietnam and her journey from refugee to reporter. Nguyen spent most of her childhood…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (567+ words) The luxury brand Balenciaga stole a cultural product, a two-dollar rainbow-colored Thai-origin sampheng bag, and sold it for over couple thousand each. This stirred Thai netizens to make a joke out of the interesting situation via hashtags to poke fun…...