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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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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“Daybreak” Confronts US Involvement in Russo-Ukrainian War

Part love story, Army veteran Matthew Gallagher’s latest novel primarily explores the complexities of war.

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Adult Malice and Childhood Savagery in Dizz Tate’s Debut “Brutes”

An early scene in Dizz Tate’s debut novel Brutes depicts a birthday party of teenage girls stuffing water balloons inside their shirts: Leila told us that one girl had stuffed two balloons down the front of her bikini-top, and soon all the girls were running around with large, wobbling breasts. Then they started body-slamming each other to…

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Trauma, Loss, and the Fantastical: An Author-on-Author Interview with Bradley Sides and Clifford Garstang

An author-on-author interview with Bradley Sides and Clifford Garstang.

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“Go on, everybody here’s kin to everybody. We look out for each other”: Place, home, and family in BettyJoyce Nash’s “Everybody here is Kin”

An interview with BettyJoyce about her novel “Everybody Here is Kin.”

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Nevertheless, They Persisted: Six Enslaved Women Rebel in “Night Wherever We Go”

A review of “Night Wherever We Go” by Tracey Rose Peyton.

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‘The Bullet Swallower’ Explores Who Pays for the Debts of Ancestors

Elizabeth Gonzalez James’ third novel asks what the relationship between revenge, retribution, reparation and remedy is.

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