Susan Cerulean’s recent memoir “I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird” chronicles both her end-of-life care for her octogenarian father and her stewardship of seabirds on an isolated Florida island.
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“Dog Flowers”: Excavation and Tribute
Danielle Geller’s new memoir “Dog Flowers” is a complex story of family, and addiction.
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“Slash and Burn”: The Act of Acute Listening
“Slash and Burn,” Claudia Hernández’s newest novel, tells a story of war and women.
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Julia Nitz on “Belles and Poets”: “Literary Allusion is Cultural Currency”
An interview with Julia Nitz on her new book “Belles and Poets: Intertextuality in the Civil War Diaries of White Southern Women.”
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Redemption and Hope in “Lord the One You Love is Sick”
Kasey Thornton captures the complicated dynamics of the rural South in her debut novel-in-stories, “Lord the One You Love is Sick.”
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“The Wife Upstairs” Is a Thrill Ride
Rachel Hawkins’ debut adult novel “The Wife Upstairs” is a reimagining of Charlotte Brontë’s ‘Jane Eyre’ set in modern-day Birmingham, Alabama.
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Disconnection and Family in “Nights When Nothing Happened”
Simon Han’s debut novel “Nights When Nothing Happened” is a family story full of introspection.
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Vivid Details of Texas in “All God’s Children”
Aaron Gwyn’s recent novel “All God’s Children” features vibrant characters and precise language.
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Conflict, Joy, and Community in “This is How We Fly”
Anna Meriano’s young adult novel “This is How We Fly” perfectly combines the real world concerns that young people face with a healthy dose of silly fun.
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Environmental Injustice in Rural America
Environmentalist Catherine Coleman Flowers’ recent book “Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret” addresses waste as an issue of racial and environmental justice.
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