Marosia Castaldi

Sep 29, 2024 | thepointmag.com | Marosia Castaldi

This story has been excerpted and translated by Jamie Richards from Marosia Castaldi’s novel Per Quante Vite, first published in Italian by Feltrinelli in 1999. Printed with permission of the author’s estate. ●A screen is not a wall. It’s only the shadow of a wall. The screen is very tall. It can’t be passed over or under or around or beside, has no gaps or passageways. Beyond its walls the dead stop or circle round and round waiting for someone to notice them.

Dec 1, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Percival L. Everett |Maura Cheeks |Kobby Ben Ben |Marosia Castaldi

Sarah Ruiz-Grossman. Harper, $25.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-06-330542-7Ruiz-Grossman’s captivating debut chronicles a wildfire’s impact on a diverse set of residents of Berkeley, Calif. Abigail, 50, organizes a fund-raiser at a friend’s house in the Berkeley Hills for a mixed-income apartment building on the city’s west side. She hires Willow, a young woman who ran away from home as a teen and who Abigail met while volunteering at a soup kitchen, to serve drinks and food at the party.

Nov 27, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Percival L. Everett |Maura Cheeks |Kobby Ben Ben |Marosia Castaldi

Jessi Jezewska Stevens. And Other Stories, $19.95 (304p) ISBN 978-1-913505-84-4Stevens (The Visitors) returns with a skillful and expansive collection ranging from Nabokovian confessions to fabulist sketches. In the standout “Rumpel,” a man on trial for an unspecified crime tells his story from the witness stand, complete with prurient digressions about his virtual reality porn habits. The brief “Letter to the Senator” portrays a gathering of friends in which the narrator feels inconsequential.

Nov 21, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Percival L. Everett |Maura Cheeks |Marosia Castaldi |Kobby Ben Ben

Alexandra Tanner. Scribner, $27 (304p) ISBN 978-1-66801-861-3In Tanner’s mordant debut, two sisters deal with their anxiety and depression while rooming together. Jules, 28, is less than thrilled when her younger sister, Poppy, moves into her Brooklyn apartment—temporarily, Poppy assures her. The sisters were close while growing up in their Jewish household in South Florida, and Poppy looked up to Jules. After Poppy finished college, however, she sank into a depression and moved back home.

Nov 17, 2023 | citylights.com | Marosia Castaldi

"Rosa is sick with anxiety and abandonment . . . Not uncommon if you're a widow and have an elusive daughter. To fill the void [Rosa] begins tocook all sorts of dishes . . . Flavours meant to be handed down from mothers todaughters and which can be shared only with other women, grandiose in theirfragility.