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Strippers are Powerful in “P-Valley”

By: Hope Smyth April 3, 2023April 2, 2023

ReviewsKatori Hall, P-Valley, Review, Stage and ScreenLeave a Comment

A review of the television series “P-Valley.”

The Various Routes and Roots in Janice Pariat’s “Everything the Light Touches”

By: Tina Borah March 31, 2023March 29, 2023

ReviewsEverything the Light Touches, Fiction, Harpervia, Janice PariatLeave a Comment

At its core, “Everything the Light Touches” is about journeying to see “commonplace” things in a “new light,” a necessity not just for the protagonists in the text but for the human species at large,

“Black Chameleon”: Memoir and Mythology

By: Katharine Armbrester March 29, 2023March 27, 2023

ReviewsBlack Chameleon, Debora D.E.E.P. Mouton, Memoir, PoetryLeave a Comment

“Black Chameleon: Memory, Womanhood, and Myth” is a bold and innovative memoir by Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton.

Finding Self and Home in S.L. Wisenberg’s “The Wandering Womb”

By: Rachel Lutwick-Deaner March 27, 2023March 14, 2023

ReviewsEssays, Nonfiction, Review, S.L. Wisenberg, The Wandering Womb, University of Massachusetts PressLeave a Comment

A review of S.L. Wisenberg’s new essay collection, “The Wandering Womb: Essays in Search of Home.”

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

By: Nicole Yurcaba March 22, 2023March 14, 2023

ReviewsJames Davis May, louisiana state university press, Poetry, Unusually Grand Ideas2 Comments

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

Step Into True Crime with “The Staircase”

By: Hope Smyth March 21, 2023March 20, 2023

ReviewsStage and Screen, The StaircaseLeave a Comment

A review of the HBO Max series, “The Staircase.”

Magic, Mysticism Amid Hard Times in “Indigo Field”

By: Jenny Maattala March 17, 2023October 25, 2024

ReviewsFiction, Indigo Field, Marjorie Hudson, Regal House Publishing1 Comment

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

True Crime Docuseries “Low Country” Tells Only Part of the Story

By: Jessi Rae Morton March 10, 2023March 6, 2023

ReviewsHBO Max, Low Country, Stage and ScreenLeave a Comment

A review of the documentary series, “Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty.”

The Dust Holds Mystery in “Dog on Fire”

By: Clifford Garstang March 8, 2023March 3, 2023

ReviewsDog on Fire, Fiction, Terese Svoboda, University of Nebraska PressLeave a Comment

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.