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 promise, beguiled by her cool, measured prose and by the surprises, tensions, and uncanny encounters simmering… — 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 and its diaspora. She guides us surely through the fallout of war, immigration, and financial crisis,… — 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 to the surface. Sometimes the face betrays what the body conceals. But there moments, these betrayals, last no longer than an instant. They come, they go, they pass over the patient, darkening and brightening his face… — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Copy Share
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
