To dominate is intimacy’s opposite in Rebecca Gayle Howell’s “Erase Genesis.”
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“Monster of a Land”: Warmth and Honesty Across America
A review of Lauren Hough’s new memoir, “Monster of a Land.”
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A Manifesto for Collective Healing in Appalachia
Rayelle Davis’ Money in the Mountains: The Cultural Trauma of Appalachia makes a clear, compelling argument: “Generational trauma and poverty aren’t the problems in Appalachia. They are the symptoms of collective abuse.”
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The Overlooked World of Southern Gas Station Food
Roadside eateries function as unlikely archives of Southern community, migration, and cultural change in “Get It While It’s Hot.”
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Second Chances, Growth and Tenderness in “Hope House”
Joe Bond’s “Hope House” is a thoroughly human story told with grace, humor, and tenderness.
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Penalties and Perks of an Ecological Education in “Woodlands of the Mind”
“Woodlands of the Mind” explores fifteen hidden university forests and the fragile histories that allow them to endure.
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A Poet Longs for Home in “Entered Some Aliens”
A review of Siew Hii’s “Entered Some Aliens.”
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“Of Water Never Ceasing” Expands Our Understanding of Pain
A review of Kristin Entler’s debut poetry collection, “Of Water Never Ceasing.”
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Horses Bring Healing and Regeneration in “Fairfield County”
DéLana R.A. Dameron’s second novel, Fairfield County, published posthumously, spans four generations of Black horsemen and -women, from 1937 to 2014.
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The Poems in “Reverse Requiem” Juice with Life
A review of Ina Cariño’s sophomore poetry collection, “Reverse Requiem.”
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