Marie Bostwick’s latest novel, “The Book Club for Troublesome Women,” will inspire readers to get into some trouble of their own.
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“A Story of Stories”: Karen Russell’s newest novel, “The Antidote”
A review of Karen Russell’s newest novel, “The Antidote.”
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Memoir “Rehearsals for Dying” Examines Ripple Effects of Cancer
A review of Ariel Gore’s memoir, “Rehearsals for Dying: Digressions on Love and Cancer.”
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“When The Horses”: A Study in the Nomenclature of Normalcy
In the spirit of Jane Kenyon, Mary Helen Callier’s poems inhabit spaces of tension. The body, landscape, and time all become sites of reckoning.
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New Poetic Forms Bewitch in Book of Potions
A review of Lauren K. Watel’s collection of hybrid poetic forms.
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Just Like The Best of The Blues, This Novel Is Frenetic, Yearning, and Pulsing With Hope
Callie Collins’ “Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine” is all about belonging, longing, and the shared intimacy of the blues.
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Kathleen Driskell Tends to Mortality in “Goat-Footed Gods”
A review of Kathleen Driskell’s “Goat-Footed Gods.”
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“No Small Thing” Weaves the Many into the One
A review of Gabriel Fried’s poetry collection, “No Small Thing.”
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Two Hurricanes: Family Secrets Surface in the Wake of Katrina in “Behind the Waterline”
In New Orleans, floodwaters don’t just expose pipes and studs inside of walls — they can expose family secrets, too.
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Cinematic, Realistic, and Of Course, Gothic
Emily Carpenter’s novel, “Gothictown,” offers classic Southern Gothic tropes, characters, and settings with enough twists to keep readers turning pages.
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