Trema

Short writing about books worth reading.

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On Trema, I publish one book recommendation per month. I’m drawn to books that make small worlds feel enormous—rarely what you’d call a page-turner. A mix of fiction and non-fiction, primarily from small presses, often slim, often in translation.

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The Wild Birds, by Wendell Berry

Six interlinked stories, warm and unhurried, from a fictional Kentucky town.

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