Alta Monday Book Review
THE LATEST
Travel Westward
In Greyhound, Joanna Pocock traces two bus journeys.
THE MONDAY BOOK REVIEW
Time After Time
In The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother), Rabih Alameddine spins a tale within a tale within a tale.
Rocket Man
Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles turns 75 this year. How does it hold up?
Searching for Sober Living
In Rehab: An American Scandal, Shoshana Walter reports on individuals betrayed by drug treatment facilities.
Unsolved Homicide
The novelist in Peter Orner’s The Gossip Columnist’s Daughter tries to find out who killed Karyn Kupcinet.
The Making of Matriarchal Modernism
Jordan Troeller’s new book looks at Ruth Asawa and midcentury artist-mothers.
Redemption Song
In Sister, Sinner, Claire Hoffman brings Aimee Semple McPherson back to life.
Illuminating Care
Courtney Gustafson’s book, Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats, about saving feral cats is also a book about saving one another.
Don’t Ask Why
In Kate Folk’s Sky Daddy, all desire feels radical.
Punk-Rock Art in the ‘Death Rattle of Capitalism’
Joshua Mohr harnesses punk energy in the first installment of a saga based in gentrified West Oakland and Norway.
City of God
Aben Kandel’s reissued novel Rabbi Burns, faith is just another trapping.
The Fine Line Between Before and After
In her collection Little Mysteries, Sara Gran breaks the mold again.
Memories Can’t Wait
In Reading the Waves, Lidia Yuknavitch rewrites her life.
