“If you were M. Pujol, Madeleine says, I would reach out my hand to you. Like this. If you were M. Pujol, Adrien says, I would press my mouth against your pulse. Like this. If you were he, she says,… — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Copy Share Image
Heather A. Slomski's stories are downright addictive. I kept promising myself to turn off the light after just one more, and then breaking that… — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Copy Share Image
“But that's what I mean: you're Ms. Hempel forever. At least to us.” — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Copy Share Image
“But illness does not always write itself upon the body, the sickness I search for is hidden deep within the brain. Sometimes it rises… — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Copy Share Image
When you are in school, your talents are without number, and your promise is boundless...But at a certain point, you begin to feel your… — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Copy Share Image
A deeply felt novel . . . The Story of Forgetting offers us both solace and illumination. Stefan Merrill Block possesses a singular mix… — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Copy Share Image
“She hears the word bell, or orchard, or swallow, and she experiences a strange surprise, like the feel of a coin in the soil.… — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Copy Share Image
“If you were M. Pujol, Madeleine says, I would reach out my hand to you. Like this. If you were M. Pujol, Adrien says,… — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Copy Share Image
“If you wanted to kidnap someone, what would you use?" she asked Amit. They were lying in bed, with the lights off. To knock… — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Copy Share Image
“That is what is marvelous about school, she realized: when you are in school, your talents are without number, and your promise is boundless.… — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Copy Share Image
This was the feeling that Ms. Hempel couldn't shake: a conviction that she spent her days among people at the age when they are… — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Copy Share Image
Krys Lee has written a book of unforgettable stories, each one building on the other to create a complex, moving portrait of contemporary Korea… — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Copy Share Image
“How terrible it is to recognize that one’s brilliance rests solely upon the small-mindedness of others.” — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Copy Share Image
