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Author: Sukhmony Brar

Sukhmony Brar (she/her) is a recent graduate of UC Berkeley where she studied English and Biology. She is an editor and writer at Berkeley Fiction Review and is a big fan of cats and the color yellow. You can find her on Twitter @sukhmonybrar
February 26, 2021February 22, 2021 Sukhmony Brar Interviews

A Case for “the surreal and the strange”: Interview with Anna Vangala Jones, Sudden Fiction Guest Judge and Author of Turmeric & Sugar

When I picture a flash fiction story done well, a story that's getting so much across in this tiny space, I imagine a little snow globe or something that's bursting with how much is going on inside it.

November 20, 2020November 19, 2020 Sukhmony Brar Book Reviews

“He is Sawdust in the Wind”: Review of The Lumberjack’s Dove by GennaRose Nethercott

The Lumberjack’s story is attractive because it offers readers some folkloric mysticism in the time of quarantine.

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 Sukhmony Brar Interviews

On Craft and Contradictions: Interview with Jen Fawkes, Author of Mannequin and Wife

A few weeks ago, I sat down (virtually) with short story writer Jen Fawkes to discuss her debut story collection, Mannequin and Wife: Stories. We talked about the origin of her writing career, the ocean, and her goal of capturing the spectacular mundanity of everyday life through fiction.

October 12, 2020October 31, 2020 Sukhmony Brar Book Reviews

Out of Body, Out of Time: Review of Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

By way of the supernatural, Saunders splices through the content of history textbooks and captures the emotional authenticity that factual accounts will never be able to capture — the gray area that gives space to grief and longing and love.

April 29, 2020February 16, 2021 Sukhmony Brar Book Reviews

Press Unwind: Review of Haruki Murakami’s “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle”

Spaghetti. A missing cat. Mysterious phone calls. Rossini on the radio. A napping protagonist. If I attempted to summarize Haruki Murakami’s The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle to you, it would be as though I had plopped the pieces of an entire Liberty jigsaw puzzle in your lap.

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