Casey Brienza
@caseybrienza.bsky.social
Sociologist by calling, writer by trade. PhD, University of Cambridge. Author/editor/co-editor of 5 books (and counting?) Personal Website: https://caseybrienza.com
Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams #Bestof2025
Gripping and fantastically written story of what happens when ordinarily venal people are given extraordinary power.
Gripping and fantastically written story of what happens when ordinarily venal people are given extraordinary power.
December 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams #Bestof2025
Gripping and fantastically written story of what happens when ordinarily venal people are given extraordinary power.
Gripping and fantastically written story of what happens when ordinarily venal people are given extraordinary power.
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong #Bestof2025
A quirky yet exquisitely readable story that makes “the other” emphatically one of us.
A quirky yet exquisitely readable story that makes “the other” emphatically one of us.
December 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong #Bestof2025
A quirky yet exquisitely readable story that makes “the other” emphatically one of us.
A quirky yet exquisitely readable story that makes “the other” emphatically one of us.
Inequalities of Platform Publishing by Claire Parnell #Bestof2025
If the findings at times seemed predetermined, well, the story Parnell tells is no less urgent.
If the findings at times seemed predetermined, well, the story Parnell tells is no less urgent.
December 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Inequalities of Platform Publishing by Claire Parnell #Bestof2025
If the findings at times seemed predetermined, well, the story Parnell tells is no less urgent.
If the findings at times seemed predetermined, well, the story Parnell tells is no less urgent.
What We Can Know by Ian McEwan #Bestof2025
Critics who say it's his best book in years aren't lying. Gorgeous, layered, reminiscent of the best parts of Atonement.
Critics who say it's his best book in years aren't lying. Gorgeous, layered, reminiscent of the best parts of Atonement.
December 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
What We Can Know by Ian McEwan #Bestof2025
Critics who say it's his best book in years aren't lying. Gorgeous, layered, reminiscent of the best parts of Atonement.
Critics who say it's his best book in years aren't lying. Gorgeous, layered, reminiscent of the best parts of Atonement.
No More Tears by Gardiner Harris #Bestof2025
Cautionary tale of what happens when the state fails to regulate capitalist greed in lifesaving industries. Feels personal to someone living in New Jersey.
Cautionary tale of what happens when the state fails to regulate capitalist greed in lifesaving industries. Feels personal to someone living in New Jersey.
December 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
No More Tears by Gardiner Harris #Bestof2025
Cautionary tale of what happens when the state fails to regulate capitalist greed in lifesaving industries. Feels personal to someone living in New Jersey.
Cautionary tale of what happens when the state fails to regulate capitalist greed in lifesaving industries. Feels personal to someone living in New Jersey.
A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett #Bestof2025
Second installment of a murder mystery series in a fabulously built fantasy world. Oddly appropriate callbacks to Star Wars.
Second installment of a murder mystery series in a fabulously built fantasy world. Oddly appropriate callbacks to Star Wars.
December 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett #Bestof2025
Second installment of a murder mystery series in a fabulously built fantasy world. Oddly appropriate callbacks to Star Wars.
Second installment of a murder mystery series in a fabulously built fantasy world. Oddly appropriate callbacks to Star Wars.
Rest in peace, little guy.
January 29, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Rest in peace, little guy.
Is this comment on a NYT op-ed for real, or just trolling?! www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
January 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Is this comment on a NYT op-ed for real, or just trolling?! www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
This book review written by John A. Lent (formerly of Temple University), world-renowned comics scholar, was among the most glowing 'Manga in America' ever received.
November 22, 2024 at 1:27 PM
This book review written by John A. Lent (formerly of Temple University), world-renowned comics scholar, was among the most glowing 'Manga in America' ever received.
Recently reviewed for CHOICE: 'The Tale of Genji' through Contemporary Manga by Lynne K. Miyake.
November 19, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Recently reviewed for CHOICE: 'The Tale of Genji' through Contemporary Manga by Lynne K. Miyake.
In his new book, Karl Andersson says he met Sharon Kinsella for the first time at a shota-only event in Japan, where she encouraged him to apply for a PhD under her supervision at the University of Manchester. I'd been wondering about that.
October 10, 2024 at 10:51 AM
In his new book, Karl Andersson says he met Sharon Kinsella for the first time at a shota-only event in Japan, where she encouraged him to apply for a PhD under her supervision at the University of Manchester. I'd been wondering about that.