“Sing With Me at the Edge of Paradise” Imagines What the World Could Be

A review of Joe Baumann’s short story collection, a magical realism debut.

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On Difference and Disability in “Secret Harvests”

A review of David Mas Matsumoto’s “Secret Harvests: A Hidden Story of Separation and the Resilience of a Family Farm.”

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The Origins of Appalachian Cuisine Explored in “Appalachia on the Table”

Author Erica Abrams Locklear explores a cultural history of Appalachian foodways.

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Weeding out Gender Inequity in Katy Simpson Smith’s “The Weeds”

A review of Katy Simpson Smith’s new novel “The Weeds.”

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Solace After Tragedy, in “This Isn’t Going to End Well”

The author Daniel Wallace explores what drove the brother-in-law he idolized to commit suicide.

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

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,

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