Examining the Precariat

Examining the Precariat

Eye on the Indies: A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Review Editor American Precariat: Parables of Exclusion, edited by Zeke Caligiuri et al., introduction by Eula Biss (Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, November 14, 2023; 320 pp.; ISBN 9781566896955; $19.95 paperback). “The sea is the pitiless social darkness into…

Human Communication Through Unspoken Words

Human Communication Through Unspoken Words

Eye on the Indies: A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Review Editor The Last Language by Jennifer duBois (Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, October 17, 2023; 240 pp.; ISBN 9781639551088; $26.00 hardcover). “Silence remains, inescapably, a form of speech.” —Susan Sontag, The Aesthetics of Silence (1967) In her fourth novel,…

Identity, Mental Health, and Autofiction

Identity, Mental Health, and Autofiction

Eye on the Indies: A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Review Editor Hunger Heart by Karen Fastrup, translated from Danish by Marina Allemano (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Book*hug Press, November 22, 2022, first English ed., Literature in Translation series; 272 pp.; trade paper, ISBN 9781771667722; $21.00 US, $25.00 CAD).…

A Psychological Journey of Self-Discovery

A Psychological Journey of Self-Discovery

Eye on the Indies: A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Review Editor The Vanished Collection by Pauline Baer de Perignon, translated by Natasha Lehrer (New York: New Vessel Press, January 11, 2022; 256 pp.; $17.95 paperback, $12.95 ebook; ISBN 9781939931986). “Every canvas is a journey all its own.”…