“‘Man of My Time: No Redemption Guaranteed When the Revolution Ends.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10 May 2020. (Review of Man of My Time by Dalia Sofer)
“‘Dominicana‘ Explores the Immigrant Experience with Radical Empathy.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5 October 2019. (Review of Dominicana by Angie Cruz)
“Friends, Feminism, and Islam: Elif Shafak’s latest novel explores Muslim Modernity.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 24 December 2017.
“From Mumbai to Manhattan: ‘Golden House’ a Sprawling Novel about Identity Politics.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 15 October 2017. http://bit.ly/2gICCX5
“Oedipus Red: Myths of Fathers, Sons and Free Will.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 27 August 2017. http://bit.ly/2ymLAD0
Review of The Story Cure: An A-Z of Books to Keep Kids Happy, Healthy, and Wise by Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin, Times Literary Supplement (TLS), 4 June 2017. http://bit.ly/2sj6KiJ
“ ‘Dark at the Crossing’: The Human Cost of the Syrian Civil War.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 26 March 2017. http://bit.ly/2r2RSBE
“American Scheherazade: A Refreshing First Novel about Memory and Estrangement.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12 February 2017. http://bit.ly/2kGtodb
Review of The Woman Next Door, by Yewande Omotoso, Times Literary Supplement (TLS), 1 July 2016. Print.
“‘The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts’: A True Tale of Protecting Humanity’s Legacy.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 8 May 2016. http://bit.ly/1WgXyUq
Review of A Wild Swan and Other Tales by Michael Cunningham, Times Literary Supplement (TLS), 8 February 2016. Print.
“‘In Other Words’: Jhumpa Lahiri’s Deep Dive into Italian.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 28 February 2016. http://bit.ly/1suQkjf
“In ‘Arab of the Future’ Cartoonist Pens Memoir of His Family’s Migration from France.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10 January 2016. http://bit.ly/1Pdefse
“Melancholy in Istanbul: Orhan Pamuk’s Ninth Novel Picks up Where His 2003 Memoir Left Off.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 6 December 2015. http://bit.ly/1TtJiTp
Review of Alexandrian Summer, by Yitzhak Gormezano Goren, Times Literary Supplement, 21 November 2015. Print.
“‘The Mersault Investigation’: Novelist’s Response to Camus’ ‘The Stranger’ Grants Humanity to Slain Arab.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 31 May 2014. http://bit.ly/1ACDAdO
“‘The Architect’s Apprentice’: A Tale of 16th-Century Istanbul Mixes Architecture, Mystery and History.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 3 May 2015. http://bit.ly/1EMd8N9
“Even Impolite Women Rarely Make History: ‘Almost Famous Women’ by Megan Mayhew Bergman.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 15 February 2015. bit.ly/17bGPuQ
‘The Lives of Others’: In Neel Mukherjee’s Masterful Novel, Home is Where the Class
Warfare Is.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 25 January 2015. bit.ly/1EMzQpX
“A Jewel in the Rejection Pile: ‘Skylight’ by José Saramago.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 7 December 2014. bit.ly/12Y6pSn
“’Hiding in Plain Sight’: The Demands and Expectations of a Somali Family after the Patriarch’s Death.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 16 November 2014. bit.ly/1xMZV3K
“Reporter Michael Hastings’s Novel Indicts Media over Iraq War Coverage.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4 July 2014. bit.ly/1vGmK59
” ‘Young God:’ A Gothic Creep Show.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 22 June 2014. bit.ly/VC3KKD
“Emma Donoghue’s Frog Music: More Than a Mystery.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 27 April 2014. bit.ly/1mXtdqi
“An Unnecessary Woman: A Beirut Novel for Lovers of Books and Misfits.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 15 March 2014. bit.ly/1pHMtqL
“The Sun and Other Stars: The Redemptive Power of Soccer.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1 March 2014. bit.ly/1gXTHYu
“Jenny Offill Explores Love’s Illusions in Second Novel Dept. of Speculation.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 26 January 2014. bit.ly/1bt7S0c
“A Literary Gold Rush, Review of The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1 December 2013. bit.ly/1m5dOS0
“Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland: The Aftershock of Violence on Bengali Indians in America.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 20 October 2013. bit.ly/1alij8Q
“In Claire of the Sea Light, Edwidge Danticat Takes on Trauma of Her Native Haiti.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 8 September 2013. bit.ly/1eskfO3
“Parenting Without Borders Surveys Global Families.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 30 June 2013. bit.ly/11Sc4pg
“Threads of Betrayal in a Kurdish Family Laid Bare in Honor, Review of Honor by Elif Shafak.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 29 May 2013. bit.ly/17ttp6c
“Paula Bomer’s Nine Months: An Unvarnished Tale of a Mom Gone ’round the Bend.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 26 August 2012. bit.ly/14cRoZt
“Monkey Mind a Dark but Funny Memoir about Living with Anxiety.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 8 July 2012. bit.ly/11Hmuro
Julie Azzam, PhD 