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Elisabeth Cook

Elisabeth Cook is a published poet, a frequent reader of translated literature and a freelance writer. In addition to reviewing books, she occasionally writes about language learning and indie film. You can follow her latest reads on her blog, Lit All Over.

Books reviewed by Elisabeth Cook

The Corruption of Hollis Brown (05/21/25)
Stag Dance (04/23/25)
Theory & Practice (03/12/25)
Giovanni's Room (01/29/25)
My Friends (12/04/24)
But the Girl (11/20/24)
Model Home (10/02/24)
Colored Television (09/04/24)
The Coin (07/17/24)
A Kind of Madness (06/05/24)
Fruit of the Dead (04/17/24)
The Extinction of Irena Rey (03/06/24)
Dazzling (01/24/24)
A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens (11/15/23)
Land of Milk and Honey (10/04/23)
Orphan Bachelors (07/12/23)
Dances (06/07/23)
A Country You Can Leave (04/05/23)
Bad Cree (02/01/23)
A Dangerous Business (01/04/23)
The Consequences (10/19/22)
The Book of Goose (09/21/22)
How to Read Now (08/03/22)
Siren Queen (06/22/22)
We Do What We Do in the Dark (05/18/22)
Red Paint (04/06/22)
Thank You, Mr. Nixon (03/02/22)
Call Me Cassandra (02/16/22)
Win Me Something (11/17/21)
The Sentence (11/03/21)
The Wrong End of the Telescope (10/06/21)
Razorblade Tears (09/08/21)
The Girl in His Shadow (06/09/21)
Whereabouts (06/09/21)
Second Place (05/05/21)
Yolk (04/07/21)
My Year Abroad (02/03/21)
Butter Honey Pig Bread (01/06/21)
What Are You Going Through (11/04/20)
The Shadow King (10/21/20)
Transcendent Kingdom (09/16/20)
The Son of Good Fortune (08/19/20)
Crooked Hallelujah (07/15/20)
Sleepovers (06/24/20)
So You Want to Talk About Race (06/24/20)
Starling Days (05/06/20)
How Much of These Hills Is Gold (04/08/20)
The Resisters (03/18/20)
The Black Cathedral (02/19/20)
The Truants (02/05/20)
Girl, Woman, Other (01/08/20)
Spider Love Song and Other Stories (11/13/19)
Cantoras (10/16/19)
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (10/02/19)
Heaven, My Home (09/18/19)
The Plateau (09/04/19)
Delayed Rays of a Star (07/10/19)
Miracle Creek (05/15/19)

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