A review of Stacy Willingham’s “Forget Me Not.”
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Dan Leach Explores Y2K Apocalyptic Sincerity in “Junah at the End of the World”
“More than anything, I just wanted to show that, when you think the world is ending, you try to save the ones you love, and you save them with the language that has gained purchase in your mind. The best we can be to each other is sincere.”
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Sarah Pekkanen’s “The Locked Ward” is an Escapist Thriller
A review of Sarah Pekkanen’s new novel, “The Locked Ward.”
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Fictional Rallying Cry in “A Dog in Georgia”
A review of Laura Grodstein’s “A Dog in Georgia.”
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Petty Yet Liberating Incivilities in “Be Gay, Do Crime”
Edited by Molly Llewellyn and Kristel Buckley, the stories in “Be Gay, Do Crime” are often chaotic and funny, but also filled with yearning and pain.
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Neighbors Hold Unusual Burials in “The Curious Calling of Leonard Bush”
Regardless of whether one might know Gilmore’s rural world intimately or not, “The Curious Calling of Leonard Bush” is an easy book to feel a kinship with because of its warmth — full of love, hope, kindness, and community.
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“The Fabled Earth” Fuses Fantasy and Southern History
Alternating between 1932 and 1959, “The Fabled Earth” follows three women whose lives overlap in the summer of 1959 on Cumberland Island, Georgia.
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What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do: A Conversation with Julie Liddell Whitehead
An interview with Julie Liddell Whitehead, author of “Hurricane Baby: Stories.”
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The Lines Between Fact and Fiction, Writer and Author: A Conversation With Jason Mott
An interview with National Book Award-winning author, Jason Mott, about his new novel, “People Like Us.”
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Grief, Belonging and Exile in “The Tilting House”
A review of Ivonne Lamazares’ powerful novel about family and belonging, “The Tilting House.”
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