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“White Blood” Dives into Personal and Public History and Injustice in Virginia

By: Matthew Duffus June 9, 2020July 12, 2021

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Kiki Petrosino’s poetry collection “White Blood” explores history, slavery and injustice in Virginia.

“The Prettiest Star” Explores Family Dynamics and AIDS in Appalachia

By: Jessi Rae Morton June 8, 2020July 12, 2021

ReviewsCarter Sickels, Fiction, The Prettiest Star1 Comment

Carter Sickels’ “The Prettiest Star” tells an Appalachian AIDS story.

Eerie and Enchanting, “Things You Would Know” Honors the Will of the Land

By: Michel Sabbagh June 2, 2020July 12, 2021

ReviewsFiction, Nancy Wayson Dinan, Thing You Would Know If You Grew Up Around Here2 Comments

Eerie and enchanting, Nancy Wayson Dinan honors the will of the land in her debut novel “Things You Would Know If You Grew Up Around Here.”

“Upright Women Wanted” Is a Stunning, Queer Western Set in the Future

By: Cyndie Zikmund May 12, 2020September 26, 2022

ReviewsFiction, Sarah Gailey, Upright Women Wanted1 Comment

Sarah Gailey’s latest novel is a fresh take on the Western genre starring queer heroines.

“Topics of Conversation” Is a Timely Look at Sex and Power

By: Carrie Teresa Sage April 29, 2020July 12, 2021

ReviewsFiction, Miranda Popkey, Topics of ConversationLeave a Comment

Miranda Popkey’s slim novel chronicles the inner lives of women and their desires.

“Blue Marlin” Is an Instant Southern Classic Set in Postwar Key West

By: Wiley Cash April 28, 2020July 12, 2021

ReviewsFiction1 Comment

Wiley Smith on Lee Smith’s new novel, set between Virginia and Florida.

“The Everlasting” Is a Stunning, Subversive Love Letter to Rome

By: Ellen Birkett Morris April 20, 2020July 12, 2021

ReviewsFiction, Katy Simpson Smith, Rome in fiction, The EverlastingLeave a Comment

Katy Simpson Smith’s new historical novel spans two millennias in the immortal city.

“Hurricane Season” Is Like “2666” Meets Hieronymus Bosch

By: Mesha Maren April 15, 2020July 12, 2021

ReviewsFernanda Melchor, Fiction, Hurricane SeasonLeave a Comment

Mesha Maren on Fernanda Melchor’s slim, brutal novel set in small-town Mexico.

The Journalist Who Helped Solve the Mississippi Burning Murders

By: Dean Jobb March 4, 2020July 12, 2021

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“Race Against Time” is the story of reporter Jerry Mitchell’s decades-long search for truth.

Anxiety, Grief and Other Invisible Illnesses in YA Fiction

By: Nancy H. Williard February 20, 2020July 12, 2021

ReviewsFiction, North CarolinaLeave a Comment

North Carolina teens bond through their mental health journeys in Nora Shalaway Carpenter’s “The Edge of Anything.”