The question of whether artists are more prone to abuse, or whether we like to think that historically they were, resonated throughout the 20th century. The drinking and drug habits of various authors have become a morbid curiosity to their public, who continue to collect anecdotal evidence of addiction as if they were the key …
LITTLE NEON AGATHA by Claire Luchette What calls a 20-year-old woman to religious life in the modern world? The Catholic Church’s corporate line has a simple answer: God. For Agatha, the titled protagonist of Claire Luchette’s nuanced, resonant debut novel, “Agatha of Little Neon,” the answer is more complex: her vows of chastity, poverty, and …
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