“Human Sacrifices,” Ecuadorian writer María Fernanda Ampuero’s short story collection translated by Frances Riddle, explores issues of social inequality through her gripping horror collection centered on Latina womanhood.
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Cozy Appalachian Romance in “Witch of Wild Things”
A review of “Witch of Wild Things” by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland.
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Poet Rodney Jones Goes Home Again in “Alabama: Poems”
“The shame of provenance is not genetic. It is installed like electricity.”
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“The Wind Will” Sweep Up Readers
Michelle Theall’s novel explores shortcomings and challenges stereotypes of the U.S. foster care system in this page-turning novel.
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Navajo Culture Foregrounded in Top-Tier Crime Drama “Dark Winds”
A review of AMC’s “Dark Winds,” based on Tony and Anne Hillerman’s Leaphorn & Chee novels.
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Capturing “what it is like to live beside, beneath, above, near, and among others”: Lydia Davis’ “Our Strangers”
A review of Lydia Davis’ new collection, “Our Strangers.”
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A Young Man and Three Snakes Go AWOL in St. Augustine
A review of Ginger Pinholster’s second novel, “Snakes of St. Augustine.”
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Rachel Eliza Griffiths’ Fresh Debut “Promise” Offers a Fresh Take on a Familiar Conflict
“Promise” is a potent tale in which good transcends evil, and love and grace conquer fear and violence.
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Ayana Mathis Examines Generational Struggle in “The Unsettled”
“Could be that ‘now’ is already curled up inside ‘then,’ like a family’s generations already inside a woman’s body. What a terror.”
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“Rivers,” a Guide for the Displaced
Narratives of water and women flow through Victoria María Castells’ collection of poems.
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