Jonah Howell

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  • Jan 20, 2026
    A quick note on how I chopped and packed this sausage: I could not for the life of me figure out how to write about this book. I started with comparisons to other books and myths,...
  • Jan 15, 2026
    Ruyan Meng’s second novel, The Morgue Keeper, follows the exhausted, ultraresilient Qing Yuan, a morgue attendant in Mao’s China who runs afoul of the vengeful state...