Eye on the Indies: A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Review Editor Pina by Titaua Peu, translated from the French by Jeffrey Zuckerman, introduction by Rajiv Mohabir (Brooklyn, NY: Restless Books, August 16, 2022; 320 pp.; ISBN 978163206155; $18.00 paper; also available as ebook). First published as Pina…
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A Collection of Denver Noir
Eye on the Indies: A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Review Editor Denver Noir, edited by Cynthia Swanson (Brooklyn, NY: Akashic Books, May 3, 2022; 288 pp.; $16.95 paperback; ISBN 9781636140292; also available in hardcover and ebook). “And there in the blue air I saw for the first…
An Eco-Dystopian Parable
Eye on the Indies: A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Review Editor Milk Teeth by Helene Bukowski, translated from German by Jen Calleja (Los Angeles: Unnamed Press, September 21, 2021; 223 pp.; $26.00 hardback; ISBN 9781951213350). Originally published 2019 in German as Milchzähne by Blumenbar (an imprint of…
Exploring Grief and Space-Time
Eye on the Indies: A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Review Editor The Almond in the Apricot by Sara Goudarzi (Dallas: Deep Vellum Books, February 15, 2022; 252 pp.; $22.00 hardcover; also available as ebook; ISBN 9781646051090). “Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in the…
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.”…
Anthropomorphizing Nature
Eye on the Indies: A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Review Editor The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak (New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, November 2, 2021; 368 pp.; $27.00 hardcover, $18.90 ebook; ISBN 9781635578591). First published in Great Britain by Penguin Random House UK, 2021. “Love is…
Four Ruminations on Freedom
Eye on the Indies: A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Review Editor On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint by Maggie Nelson (Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, September 7, 2021; 288 pages; $27.00; ISBN 978-1-64445-062-8 hardcover). “Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no…
A Heuristic Tragicomedy
Eye on the Indies: A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Review Editor Novel 11, Book 18 by Dag Solstad, translated by Sverre Lyngstad (New York: New Directions, June 1, 2021; 224 pages; $16.95; ISBN 9780811228268 paperback). First published in Norwegian as Ellevte roman, bok atten by Oktober in…
A Modern Parable Explores Prejudice
Eye on the Indies: A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Review Editor Among the Hedges by Sara Mesa, translated by Megan McDowell (Rochester, NY: Open Letter, May 18, 2021; 140 pages; $14.95; ISBN: 978-1-948830-39-3 paperback; also available as ebook, $9.95). Appeared originally in Spanish as Cara de pan…
Sharing Stories to Heal
Eye on the Indies: A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Review Editor Begin by Telling: Essais Series No. 11 by Meg Remy, illustrated by Logan T. Sibrel (Toronto: Book*hug Press, April 21, 2021; 96 pages; $20.00; ISBN: 9781771666633 paperback; also available as pdf or epub, $14.99 each). “You…
Visual Storytelling and Grief
Eye on the Indies: A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Review Editor Red Rock Baby Candy by Shira Spector (Seattle: Fantagraphics, March 23, 2021; 216 pages; $29.99; ISBN 9781683964049 hardback). “To be, or not to be: that is the question….” —William Shakespeare, Hamlet (Act III, Scene I) Artist…
What It Means to be Human
Eye on the Indies: A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Review Editor Klara and the Sun: A Novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, March 2, 2021; 320 pages; $28.00; ISBN: 9780593318171 hardcover; also available in ebook, audiobook, and large-print formats). Published in the UK by…