REVIEW: ‘To Die For: a Cookbook of Gravestone Recipes’
For the forty people memorialized in To Die For: a Cookbook of Gravestone Recipes, by Rosie Grant, there’s a…
by serenapuang October 8, 2025
For the forty people memorialized in To Die For: a Cookbook of Gravestone Recipes, by Rosie Grant, there’s a…
by serenapuang October 8, 2025
What would you do to live your dream? In “Katabasis,” the newest novel by R.F. Kuang, Cambridge Ph.D. student…
by serenapuang September 9, 2025
It’s a reflection of contemporary life that belongs in any home library. Yes, even yours.
by serenapuang July 2, 2025
At 7 years old, Suchi meets Haiwen in their neighborhood in Shanghai. It’s 1938. The city is under…
by serenapuang January 10, 2025
I read 51 books in 2024. I’ve moderated book panels for five, written about 13 for work, and…
by serenapuang January 7, 2025
Newlyweds Lewis and Wren are an unlikely couple. Lewis loves performing –– both in his personal life on…
by serenapuang August 8, 2023
In R.F. Kuang’s darkly humorous novel, “Yellowface,” a floundering writer endeavors to hold on to her new place…
by serenapuang May 18, 2023
While researching for my thesis, I came across the stat that the typical (median) American has read five…
by serenapuang December 27, 2022