Everything is Fine Here by Iryn Tushabe House of Anansi Press 320 pages $25 Can women in societies dominated by oppressive religious conviction, homophobia, and misogyny ever find peace and equality? This is the question at the heart of Everything is Fine Here, the debut novel by Ugandan-Canadian author Iryn Tushabe. Set in present-day Uganda, […] The post Review of Everything is Fine Here by Iryn Tushabe appeared first on ROOM Magazine.| ROOM Magazine
Blood Root by Jessica Hiemstra ECW Books 112 pages $22 Jessica Hiemstra’s latest poetry collection, Blood Root, explores themes of belonging, home, and the complexities of loss related to war and colonialism. Rarely shying away from the rawness of death and the realities of life in Badela, Sierra Leone, during the civil war from 1991 […] The post Review of Blood Root by Jessica Hiemstra appeared first on ROOM Magazine.| ROOM Magazine
She’s a Lamb! by Meredith Hambrock ECW Books 312 pages $25 In Meredith Hambrock’s She’s a Lamb!, protagonist Jessamyn St. Germain doesn’t just dream of stardom—she demands it, claws at it, deludes herself into believing it’s owed to her. Hambrock shines a spotlight on this fractured and hungry protagonist, revealing a woman so consumed by […] The post Review of She’s a Lamb! by Meredith Hambrock appeared first on ROOM Magazine.| ROOM Magazine
Shadow Price by Farah Ghafoor House of Anansi Press 128 pages $23 Ecopoetry is a field that often explores the boundaries of human, animal, and machine. Shadow Price, the debut collection from Farah Ghafoor, presents a groundbreaking take on ecopoetry, exploring these boundaries while underscoring the most urgent matters of our time. Ghafoor’s innovation is […] The post Review of Shadow Price by Farah Ghafoor appeared first on ROOM Magazine.| ROOM Magazine