Taylor SchmittinAmateur Book ReviewsKiley Reid’s Timely “Such a Fun Age” Subverts the White Savior NarrativeWhenever my best friend comes to town, she arrives suitcase overflowing with books, which she treats as an excuse to rearrange my…Nov 27, 20191Nov 27, 20191
Taylor SchmittinAmateur Book ReviewsVanderMeer Radically Expands His Form with “Dead Astronauts”Best known for his Southern Reach Trilogy, Jeff VanderMeer returns with another haunting novel that seems to beg more questions than it…Nov 23, 2019Nov 23, 2019
Taylor SchmittI Told Him He Couldn’tI told him he couldn’t judge his uncle. We loved sinners, but we condemned sin. I worried that he was too young to catch the difference…Nov 21, 2019Nov 21, 2019