ARB
Ancillary Review of Books
A review of literature, culture, power, and speculation founded in 2020 to address the radical possibilities of criticism. ARB is devoted to genre fiction, world literature, literature and media from below, cultural studies, and writing about systemic injustices and utopian impulses.
What’s New?
Queer Moon Rising: Shape-Shifting Sideways in The Devourers by Indra Das
In the first installment of Queer Moon Rising, Marisa Mercurio introduces us to Indian werewolf lore with Indra Das’s The Devourers.
Caught Between Cases: Review of I Hope You’re Listening by Tom Ryan
Marisa Mercurio reviews Tom Ryan’s queer YA detective novel I Hope You’re Listening: “Thoroughly YA, the thrills are fast-paced, gratifying, and easy to track; it is a book particularly suitable for a gripping weekend escape.”
The SFF Librarian Reviews, Nov. 2020
Jeremy Brett, the SFF Librarian, reviews his most recent science fiction and fantasy reads!
Thirty Words for Living Well in the Anthropocene: Review of An Ecotopian Lexicon edited by Schneider-Mayerson and Bellamy
Gardiner Brown reviews An Ecotopian Lexicon, a collection of new terms for understanding life in the Anthropocene, edited by Matthew Schneider-Mayerson and Brent Ryan Bellamy.
Whose “Bro” Is It Anyway? Review of Beowulf: A New Translation by Maria Dahvana Headley
Samira Nadkarni reviews Maria Dahvana Headley’s Beowulf: A New Translation: “Headley’s text offers a commentary on a particular kind of white frat-boy masculinity.”
Introducing The Library Coven Series
Introducing The Library Coven, a biweekly series about diverse YA fantasy adapted from the podcast of the same name.
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ARB News
Why “Ancillary” Review of Books?
ARB editor Laura Collier dives into what ARB means by “Ancillary” Review of Books.
And So It Begins: Introducing Ancillary Review of Books
Ancillary Review of Books is an experiment in utopian criticism—both in what we publish about and how we go about doing it.
ARB Recommends
ARB Recommends: From the Intellect Books 2020 Catalog
ARB Recommends from the Fall 2020 catalog for Intellect Books.
ARB Recommends: From the Duke University Press Fall 2020 Catalog
ARB Recommends takes a look at the Fall 2020 catalog for Duke University Press.
ARB Recommends: From the Tor/Forge Fall 2020 Catalog
ARB Recommends takes a look at the Fall 2020 catalog for Tor, Forge, and Tordotcom.
ARB Recommends: From the Knopf, Pantheon, Schocken Fall 2020 Catalog
ARB Recommends takes a look at the Fall 2020 catalog for Knopf, Pantheon, and Schocken.
ARB Recommends: From the University of Arizona Press Fall 2020 Catalog
ARB Recommends takes a look at the Fall 2020 catalog for the University of Arizona Press.
ARB Recommends: From the Neon Hemlock 2020 Novella Series and More
ARB Recommends books from Neon Hemlock’s 2020 publications.
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Available for Review in ARB
Review Copy Received: Aaron Benanav’s Automation and the Future of Work
ARB seeks a reviewer for Aaron Benanav’s Automation and the Future of Work (Verso).
Review Copy Received: Darryl Li’s The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity
ARB seeks a reviewer for Darryl Li’s The Universal: Enemy Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity (Stanford University Press).
Review Copy Received: Yomaira C. Figueroa-Vásquez’s Decolonizing Diasporas: Radical Mappings of Afro-Atlantic Literature
ARB seeks a reviewer for Gautam Bhatia’s dystopian SFF novel about a woman who defies a 2,000 year old mandate: The Wall from HarperCollins.
Review Copy Available: C.M. Taylor’s City of O
ARB has been offered a review copy of C.M. Taylor’s psychological fantasy, absurdist satire, and prescient dystopia, City of O, from the award-winning indie press Retreat West.
Review Copy Received: Gautam Bhatia’s The Wall
ARB seeks a reviewer for Gautam Bhatia’s dystopian SFF novel about a woman who defies a 2,000 year old mandate: The Wall from HarperCollins.
Review Copy Received: Aleksandar Žiljak’s As the Distant Bells Toll
ARB seeks a reviewer for Croatian author Aleksandar Žiljak’s new short story collection As the Distant Bells Toll from indie SFF publisher Wizard’s Tower Press.
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