Bookworm, no. 97

Selena Mercuri reviews Catherine Bush’s “Skin.” Rosalie Morris on Tessa McWatt’s “The Snag.” Poetry by Steve Noyes. Inside the June issue.

Touchy Subjects

Skin
Catherine Bush
Goose Lane Editions
226 pages, softcover and ebook

Catherine Bush’s story collection, Skin, examines connection, vulnerability, and resilience. Set in locales as varied as city streets and barren Arctic expanses, the entries juxtapose external turmoil with inner conflict. The opener, “Benevolence: An East Village Story,” e…