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BEAR REVIEWS
Nicole Yurcaba / April 9th, 2025
In Luisa Muradyan’s second book, I Make Jokes When I’m Devastated, grief, hope, and the immigration experience collide against the backdrop of everyday life in America and daily news from the devastating war in Ukraine. In the acknowledgements, Muradyan gives a thank-you that truly encapsulates the collection’s entire ethos: “And a final thanks to my ancestors, who built the stage I am on...”
Joseph Byrd / March 19th, 2025
Hold the phone.
I don’t mean your own. I mean that old, beige, melamine one that used to hang on the wall in the hallway, still warm from the hand that last held it; a phone smack in the middle of everything, and one that we all have to share...
Jay Aja / February 3rd, 2025
In Jessica Nirvana Ram’s debut poetry collection, Earthly Gods (Variant Literature, Inc., 2024), I located much of myself and my own journey navigating the complexities of culture, legacy, and personal growth as an Indo-Caribbean part of the Guyanese community. In Ram’s collection, she writes of the expectations placed upon Guyanese daughters: to caretake, to marry, to mother, especially as an eldest or only child...
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