Motherhood makes for powerful storytelling. Horror fiction about motherhood highlights the insecurity and physicality of having and raising a child and all its attendant fears. In alejandra’s ghost By V. Castro, the many complexities of motherhood are revealed in a story inspired by La Llorona, the center of Mexican folklore. After learning the naked story
IReading Rachel Aviv’s interview is a great way to get recommendations. The precise essayist answered my questions about his new book by asking if I had read his colleague Parul Sehgal. shock plot (of course), Janet Malcolm’s work (are you kidding?), or Parallel Lives By Phyllis Rose (You know, I’ve been Meaning To). And then
In 2018 Daisy Johnson was the youngest author to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize for her debut novel Everything Under, a gender-fluid reimagining of the Oedipus myth involving canal boat communities and their complex family dynamics, as well as a strange monster hidden in the depths. Earlier, his short story collection Fen was critically