Elizabeth Obermeyer

April was a lot of things for me this year, and yes, Eliot’s opening line from The Waste Land felt relevant as it was indeed cruel in different ways. Saying goodbye to our beloved dog, our sweet eleven year-old husky, was sudden and unexpected. That felt cruel. And then our son had to say goodbye…

It has been a summer of reviews over here, friends! There are SO MANY amazing books coming out this fall, I hope you’re all tuned in and ready to read!  I was so pleased to receive a copy of Danila Botha’s debut novel (Coming out at the end of September! Pre-order now! Thank you Danila!)…

If you didn’t know Jamal Saeed’s own story, you would naturally think his stories are heartfelt and fanciful takes on fairytales, that they draw on folklore and the beauty of the natural world for inspiration. And you would be correct, they are. But when you learn that a number of the stories in the collection…