I Think of You by Ahdaf Souief

These stories are about family, belonging, estrangement, and loneliness, and ultimately about being a woman and an expatriate. Souief conveys a sense of aloneness that can only come from someone who understand what it feels like to be a foreigner, not only in one's chosen country, but also in one's own family. The stories in this book are all about women, mostly mothers, living abroad. Some are Egyptian women living in England and others are English women living in Egypt. The words convey color, and sadness while remaining overtly simple.

Urban Hipster Dufus Yawn

Earlier, I mentioned the poem "Urban Hipster Dufus Yawn" on a blog post and thought I'd re-post since it relates to literature in some fashion. The poem appeared in the literary journal Swivel, which is definitely worth checking out. They publish writing by women that is suffused with wit. This poem epitomized the essence of the journal.