What would have felt, twenty years ago, like a fairly extreme climate apocalypse novel reads like tomorrow’s news, or even yesterday’s.
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A review of M.L. Rio’s novel, “Hot Wax.”
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A review of Gabriella Saab’s latest historical novel, “The Star Society.”
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In Tayyba Kanwal’s story collection, “Talking with Boys,” characters are in constant flux. Motion becomes an act of survival and self-definition for those whose lives are circumscribed by expectation.
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A review of Gerri Willis’ “Lincoln’s Lady Spymaster,” the story of one of the “Big Five” female spies in the American Civil War.
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The SRB editorial team looks back on the best books they read in 2025.
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A review of Ravi Teixeira’s recent graphic novel, “Heaven, West Virginia.”
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Rather than a static snapshot, these ten interconnected stories share a portrait of Hawaii as a living, evolving organism.
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A non-exhaustive list of queer Southern books published in the second half of 2025.
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A review of Anna Rollins’ memoir, “Famished.”
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A review of Kristi DeMeester’s eerie, propulsive novel, “Dark Sisters.”
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