A. M. Bakalar’s first novel Madame Mephisto (Stork Press, 2012) was a reader nomination for the 2012 Guardian First Book Award. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, The International New York Times, Words Without Borders, Wasafiri, BBC Radio 4 among others. Her second novel is Children of Our Age (Jantar Publishing, 2017). She lives in London. (Photo by Mariusz Smiejek.)
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Laughing in the Dark: On J. R. Pick’s “Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals”
A. M. Bakalar reviews “Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,” a novella by J. R. Pick, translated from the Czech by Alex Zucker....
Pleasure, Pity, Pain: On Petra Hůlová’s “Three Plastic Rooms”
A. M. Bakalar reviews “Three Plastic Rooms” by inventive Czech author Petra Hůlová....
