“Attic” is Full of Treasures

The posthumous paperback from William Gay, “Stories from the Attic,” is a masterful collection of narratives, memoirs, and musings.

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An Appalachian Horror-Mystery Novel: “The Woods Are Waiting” by Katherine Greene

A review of Katherine Greene’s novel “The Woods Are Waiting.”

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Emma Rosenblum’s “Very Bad Company” Makes for a Very Good Beach Read

Prepare to be fully immersed in the chaos and lifestyle of the rich and infamous in Emma Rosenblum’s sophomore novel, “Very Bad Company.”

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A Wild Whatever in “Women We Buried, Women We Burned”

Rachel Louise Snyder’s memoir, “Women We Buried, Women We Burned,” is about grief and its reverberations, but also about re-making.

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More than “Fine”: Thao Votang is a New, Respectable Voice in American Fiction

“Linh Ly is Doing Just Fine” possesses a philosophical pizzazz most contemporary fiction lacks, and Linh Ly becomes a heroine for a new generation of multicultural Americans who have struggled to find their place.

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“Paradise”: A Pandemic Novel that Offers a Way Forward

The novel tells a story about the change that happened to one woman during the summer of 2020 and, in doing so, it offers a way through the strata of reality by way of art.

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