Category: Book Review
Review: Breadcrumbs by Kasia Babis
“One day you will learn respect for the fatherland, respect for bread. I will make you learn.” –Kasia Babis in Breadcrumbs. By Lauren Halvonik.
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Author in Front of the Mirror
Why Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu remains one of the most acclaimed literary voices of Romania by Ioana Bîrjan Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu is one of the most acclaimed novelists of the Romanian canon. Why did it take her so long to gain larger recognition? Born into a bourgeois family that refused her the opportunity for university studies, Papadat-Bengescu found […]
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Review: First Light by Zafer Şenocak
What does it mean to exist in one place, physically, but mentally and emotionally exist elsewhere, simultaneously suspended in past, present, and future? By Allie Rigby.
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Review: Transparent Body & Other Texts by Max Blecher
The only thing more magical than receiving a letter from a friend is reading the letters of a writer you admire, and feeling as if they were sent to you. By Amanda L. Andrei.
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Review: Did This Hand Kill?
Cezary Łazarewicz unravels a riveting story in his true crime nonfiction book, Did This Hand Kill? Reviewed by Mihaela-Adina Drăgan.
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Review: MyLifeandMyLife
A review by Amanda L. Andrei of MyLifeandMyLife by Melinda Mátyus, experimental novella from the perspective of a nameless woman in a fraught relationship.
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Review: Sevdah: Elegy for a South Imagined
Dubravka Ugrešić’s Lend Me Your Character is a kaleidoscopic amalgamation featuring one novella, seven short stories, and several sections of author’s notes. In classic Ugrešić form, fairy tale elements abound–magic, crass humor, textile allusions to sewing, grotesque imagery, repetition, and warnings fill the pages.
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Pitch The SEEfest Review
The SEEfest Review is now accepting pitches on a rolling basis for essays and critiques covering film, literature, art, history, and music. Please review our guidelines before sending us your pitch. As of November 2025, we can offer writers and critics a modest stipend of $25 for articles that range between 300 and 600 words, […]
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Review: Lend Me Your Character
Dubravka Ugrešić’s Lend Me Your Character is a kaleidoscopic amalgamation featuring one novella, seven short stories, and several sections of author’s notes. In classic Ugrešić form, fairy tale elements abound–magic, crass humor, textile allusions to sewing, grotesque imagery, repetition, and warnings fill the pages.
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