ROOTED LITERARY MAGAZINE
In Pastoral, Winston tackles some very heavy issues. The exploration of “compulsory heterosexuality” in particular was thoughtful and delicately handled, very authentically representing the lived experience of so many young queer people. Read the full review.
As you read Dark Sisters, it is impossible to avoid conjuring up comparisons to horror greats, such as Stephen King or Shirley Jackson, who have mastered the ability to make your skin crawl with grotesque images presented in a disturbingly casual way. The witchy horror novel by Kristi DeMeester weaves an interconnected tale of three generations of women battling with matrilineal curses (and blessings) that threaten to rot their bodies from the inside out. Dark Sisters is deliciously disgusting, unapologetically over the top, and leaves your skin crawling.
Rooted Literary Magazine sat down with fantasy author Rocio Carranza to discuss her writing inspiration and latest short story collection, My Dreams Come True.
Lovers of Treasure Planet, The Mummy, and Anastasia rejoice! Alli Earnest’s science fantasy novel Cities of Smoke and Starlight is the steampunk adventure you didn’t know you were looking for! Earnest not only creates an electric world readers find themselves lost in and a catalogue of sharp-tongued, adventure-seeking characters, but a rich history and mythology that both the readers and main characters explore together as they uncover lost (or perhaps hidden) secrets.
Rooted Literary Magazine sat down with horror author Jack Finn to discuss his writing inspiration and latest novel, Culling of the House of Boars.
Dre Hill’s When We Feel We Exist is an intimate collection of poems that slap you in the face with life’s enormity whilst quietly urging you to continue on as you were – on the condition that you notice.
This collection of poetry goes against the grain of Hill’s previous works, which historically evolved around black identity, love, loss and mental health. When We Feel We Exist is Dre Hill’s love letter to life itself. Not so much a collection of poems that flow onto the next, but a mosaic of heartfelt moments lovingly curated by Hill that, when presented side-by-side, symbolize so much more than the sum of their parts.