6/27/2023 0 Comments Luster raven![]() ![]() ![]() A first chapter is one thing, but how can a debut possibly keep up that level across a whole novel? It was so good I felt like I needed to keep my hopes in check. As well as an immediate original voice and sharp control of a sentence, the chapter had been pacy and witty, too. It was then that I remembered reading the first chapter of Raven Leilani’s Luster online. I scanned rows of books that offered one thing or another. ![]() I love literary fiction with taut lines, but that day I also needed fiction that was instantly transporting, impossible to put down the intimacy of the first-person novels I devoured as a teen but delivered with nuance, surprise. I browsed the bookshop a little listlessly as I really needed a certain kind of good book, but I was aware that my criteria could be tricky to fulfil. On Moving West and Back Again Carrie Beth Esposito.FOUR COLLAGES ON LONELINESS katiehamill.Litro #182: Experimental – The Book Fight Chihoi.Litro #182: Experimental – Where Art Thou Heart: Visual Language Lost on Deaf Eyes Jeremy Caniglia.Hive Mind | Litro Lab Podcast Jennifer Weigel.The Slows | Litro Lab Podcast Larry Burns.The Astrology of Numbers | Litro Lab Podcast Alejandra Cabezas.Ella’s Letter to the Editor of the Universe Alan Michael Parker.Obstruct ing the Doors Can Be Dangerous Jane Copland.Litro #183: Place – A Place Called Home jenniferprobst.Litro #183: Place Edition Litro Magazine. ![]()
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