“Names and Faces”: A Lyrical, Inventive Exploration of the Self

Leise Hook is an artist who pays attention, and asks us to do the same in her recent graphic memoir, “Names and Faces.”

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“The Bad Poor” Digs into the Heart of Grit Lit

Mitch Ploskonka traces the rise of Grit Lit, a genre of contemporary literature that grapples “with the sociohistorical baggage of poor white representation.”

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It Was the Future Brewing: On Nancy Lemann’s “The Oyster Diaries”

A review of Nancy Lemann’s newest novel, “The Oyster Diaries.”

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Startling and Sublime: Beth Ann Fennelly’s Micro-Memoirs

Former poet laureate of Mississippi, Beth Ann Fennelly, maven of the micro-memoir, has done it again with “The Irish Goodbye: Micro-Memoirs.”

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Coming of Age in Appalachian Country: “Into the Night Woods” by Davis Enloe

An interview with Davis Enloe on his new novel, “Into the Night Woods.”

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