Fates of Single Mom and Ex-Con Converge in Southern Noir “Desperation Road”

A review of the film “Desperation Road,” based on the novel by Michael Farris Smith.

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Kiley Reid’s “Come and Get It” is like a Burn Book: Exciting, Juicy, and Full of Secrets

A review of Kiley Reid’s new novel, “Come and Get It.”

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“Colorfast” Puts Appalachian Legacy and Remembrance into Verse

Rose McLarney’s poetry collection reckons with aging, memory’s unreliability and the female experience.

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A Roster of Talented Women Take on Unsavory Stories in “Peach Pit”

Do you like to read short stories? Do you like to read stories about morally grey and semi-unsavory women? Do you like to read stories about feminism? Or perhaps read stories in support of anti-racist and anti-queerphobic views? If so, then Peach Pit: Sixteen Stories of Unsavory Women, beautifully edited by Molly Llewellyn and Kristel Buckley, is just the ticket…

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Ornithology and Activism Go Hand-in-Hand in “Birding to Change the World”

A review of Trish O’Kane’s “Birding to Change the World,” an engaging and eye-opening memoir of one woman’s commitment to her community and the natural world.

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Freedom, Courage, and the Power of Names in “The American Daughters”

A review of Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s new historical fiction novel, “The American Daughters,” a vibrant and empowering story set in New Orleans from 1851 to the Civil War.

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“American Mother” Faces Her Son’s Killer: An Interview with Colum McCann and Diane Foley

An interview about “American Mother” with Colum McCann and Diane Foley.

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