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Bayou Pages

REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “She’d wanted to remember everything so she could feel him with her and be comforted by that. She’d sought those memories, they were the balm she needed. And of course they were exactly also the wounds she needed balm for.” Sue Miller writes beautifully about grief, ...
REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “One thing I have learned is that one must grab at the chances life offers – taste the fruit, drink the wine. At the hour of one’s death there will be no solace in knowing that one has known one’s place or lived safely.” Selina Lennox is the quintessential post-World...
by Zadie SmithReview by Meredith McKinnie “The greatest lie ever told about love is that it sets you free.” Howard is an untenured university professor in the midst of a mid-life crisis. The white patriarch of his mixed family, he struggles to understand who he is and where he belongs in this f...