None of us are the same after this: “Unusually Grand Ideas: Poems” by James Davis May

A review of “Unusually Grand Ideas: Poems” by James Davis May.

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Magic, Mysticism Amid Hard Times in Indigo Field

Marjorie Hudson entwines fallible characters alongside elements of the past, historical events and cultural tumult in her debut novel.

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“Poetry should never remain a static product”: An Interview with Hannah Cohen

In this interview, Lynchburg, VA, poet and writer Hannah Cohen discusses poetry as “an ongoing evolution of the relationship between the self and the written word.”

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The Dust Holds Mystery in “Dog on Fire”

Terese Svoboda’s newest novel, set in the Great Plains, is an apt metaphor for the prevailing psychological state of a rural community and, in particular, the family of the story’s primary narrator.

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Rediscovering Zora Neale Hurston: Author and Anthropologist

In a new nonfiction text, Jennifer L. Freeman Marshall offers a “deep, intensive, and knowledgeable lens through which to view Hurston’s legacy.”

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Choices, Trauma and Raw Emotion Combine in “The Farewell Tour”

Author Stephanie Clifford creates an emotionally gripping story of a country music star on the decline.

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