Why I Wrote this Book Issue #46
Featuring Lindsay Zier-Vogel, Martha Bátiz, Saad Omar Khan, and Christy Climenhage
Featured Posts
Featured posts at TMR
We Are Dreams In The Eternal Machine by Deni Ellis Béchard
The way Béchard tells the story ensures the reader connects with the flawed characters, the twisted settings and immerses themselves in a plot that’s both terrifying and plausible with the rate of technological advancements.
A Horse At The Window by Spencer Gordon
A book of extravagant fancy and heightened language with an occasional patch of straightforward prose, self-referentiality, and allusions to pop culture.
Vernon Oickle’s Crow Series- Part Two
Steeped in secrets, lies, bullies, anonymous callers, prowlers, and crows, with a major plot twist that you don’t see coming
Murder on Painted Place by Emily Hepditch
Author Emily Hepditch creates an unforgettable and suspenseful nail-biter. To begin the story, each character receives the same letter, inviting them to a grand mansion on a secluded island, Painted Place.
Excerpt: The Exclusion Zone by Alexis von Konigslow
Excerpted with permission from Wolsak & Wynn Publishers ltd.
The Northern by Jacob McArthur Mooney
The Northern, which in a sense is a bildungsroman, serves also as an examination of contemporary masculinity.
The Summers Between Us by Noreen Nanja
Well-written, with lovely descriptive language, The Summers Between Us is a study in belonging, identity, friendship and love.
I Remember Lights by Ben Ladouceur
This understated depiction of mid-century Montreal queer culture feels reparative in turbulent political times.
“Why I Wrote this Book” AAPI Heritage Month Special Edition — Su Chang’s The Immortal Woman
This essay was originally published on Our Patreon in February 2025. Here it is again for AAPI Heritage Month ❤️
Ley Lines by Tim Welsh
Ley Lines is a remarkable novel—a gold rush more Lewis Carroll than Robert Service, with hints of Homer, Dante, and possibly Jefferson Airplane.
a disobedient gathering: poems for plants who can’t stay put by Katherine Barrett
The poems have a casual swagger and impish play with their subjects.
REDress: Art, Action, and the Power of Presence by Jaime Black-Morsette
The REDress project documents the comprehensive use of art installation to bear witness to the rippling pain of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people.
