“Black Chameleon: Memory, Womanhood, and Myth” is a bold and innovative memoir by Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton.
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Finding Self and Home in S.L. Wisenberg’s “The Wandering Womb”
A review of S.L. Wisenberg’s new essay collection, “The Wandering Womb: Essays in Search of Home.”
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None of us are the same after this: “Unusually Grand Ideas: Poems” by James Davis May
A review of “Unusually Grand Ideas: Poems” by James Davis May.
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Step Into True Crime with “The Staircase”
A review of the HBO Max series, “The Staircase.”
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Magic, Mysticism Amid Hard Times in “Indigo Field”
Marjorie Hudson entwines fallible characters alongside elements of the past, historical events and cultural tumult in her debut novel.
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True Crime Docuseries “Low Country” Tells Only Part of the Story
A review of the documentary series, “Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty.”
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The Dust Holds Mystery in “Dog on Fire”
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.
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Rediscovering Zora Neale Hurston: Author and Anthropologist
In a new nonfiction text, Jennifer L. Freeman Marshall offers a “deep, intensive, and knowledgeable lens through which to view Hurston’s legacy.”
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Choices, Trauma and Raw Emotion Combine in “The Farewell Tour”
Author Stephanie Clifford creates an emotionally gripping story of a country music star on the decline.
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Reenvisioning Shakespeare with Peter Brook’s “Tip of the Tongue”
A review of “Tip of the Tongue: Reflections on Language and Meaning” by Peter Brook.
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