Maris Lawyer’s debut novel, “The Blue Line Down,” is set in 1920s Appalachia, featuring coal miners, union busters, and bootleggers.
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Robots, Rabbits, and Revelations: “The Age of Discovery” Is Defined by Its Strangeness
A review of Becky Hagenston’s new collection of short stories, “The Age of Discovery.”
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“The Way of the Saints” Is a Book To Be Taken in Slowly
A review of Elizabeth Engelman’s novel, “The Way of the Saints.”
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Flawed People Worth Caring About in “If or When I Call”
Will Johnson’s debut novel, “If or When I Call,” is set in a small Missouri town full of people who are born into and never quite escape from the hand-to-mouth existence of the rural South.
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Plush Imagery and Introspection in “Between Tides”
“Between Tides” by Angel Khoury is a love story in two parts: the other and the self. It is doomed, heart-wrenching, enchanting, and acts as both a gift and curse – but it is a love story all the same.
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“The Last Blue” Is Much More Than A Love Story
A review of Isla Morley’s novel “The Last Blue.”
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“Ghost Forest”: Absence Is as Important as Presence
Pik-Shuen Fung’s debut novel, “Ghost Forest,” is a slim but compelling meditation on history, absence, and regret.
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Wrestling with Reality in “The Big Door Prize”
M. O. Walsh’s recent novel, “The Big Door Prize,” is set in Deerfield, Louisiana, featuring a new machine that promises to reveal life’s purpose for the townspeople.
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Looking Beyond the Lines: Suchitra Vijayan’s “Midnight’s Borders”
Suchitra Vijayan’s “Midnight’s Borders,” a book of narrative reportage, raises pertinent questions about the very foundations of India’s nationalism — the cartography of South Asian nation-states.
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“This Life” Draws Attention to Life Behind Bars and the Transcendent Power of Rap
A review of Quntos KunQuest’s debut novel, “This Life.”
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