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What We're Reading, Vol. 17

In this monthly piece, Attic writers and editors get together to share what it is they’re reading this February.

In Fernanda Melchor’s Hurricane Season, a Dead Witch Speaks

“For, in Hurricane Season, one is never drawn out of a twister and into a fairytale. Rather, in its terrific torrent of trauma, deceit, desire and greed, only the cruel lashes of failure and poverty remain.” Writer Rachel Tay reviews Fernanda Melchor’s Hurricane Season.

Our 2019 In Books: Jessica Armstrong

As 2019 comes to an end, we consider the reading that defined each of our years. In this piece, Jessica Armstrong looks back at the novels that carried her through the end of her English degree and into her first year post-graduation.

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What We're Reading, Vol. 12

Midway through September, a group of Attic writers discuss what it is they’re reading this month – from campus novels to Book Prize nominees to YA adult novels.

What We're Reading, Vol. 10

Midway through July, the Attic on Eighth writers chime in to share what it is they’re reading this summer.