In the 1990s, Amber Forbus kept up with several of her pals from That's What She Said while tethered to a landline phone. In the year 2025, they crack jokes and drop emojis in their group text. For ...
Is it cheesy to open this review with “What a time to be alive, indeed”? Almost certainly, but Jade Chang embraces clumsy cheesiness in her new novel about an L.A. spirituality influencer named Lola ...
How does one respond to grief? In Jade Chang’s sophomore novel, “What a Time to Be Alive,” the answer is, at least, creative: become an influencer and start paying off your student loans. Lola ...