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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“Alligator Tears” Traces a Zig‑Zag Escape from Poverty
A review of the memoir “Alligator Tears” by Edgar Gomez.
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The Relevant Strangeness of “The Flat Woman: A Novel”
Venessa Saunders’ “The Flat Woman” treads the line between reality and absurdity.
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Desire and Self-Destruction in “A Good Happy Girl”
A new entry into the “queer weird-girl lit-fic” canon.
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“The Moonlight Healers” is an Empathetic, Meditative Decade-Spanning Debut
A review of Elizabeth Becker’s new novel, “The Moonlight Healers.”
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