A review of Megan Howell’s striking short story collection, “Softie.”
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Linking Grief and Joy: An Interview with Marguerite Sheffer on “The Man in the Banana Trees”
An interview with Marguerite Sheffer about her new collection “The Man in the Banana Tree.”
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“Half-Lives” Exalts the Middle-Aged Woman-Artist
A review of “Half-Lives” by Lynn Schmeidler.
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Rescue or Kidnapping in “Two-Step Devil”
A review of Jamie Quatro’s genre-bending novel, “Two-Step Devil.”
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A Slice of the Indigenous Literary Scene
SRB Editor Chaney Hill rounds up a few recent books that explore what Indigeneity looks like in the South.
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In ‘Hello Down There,’ Addiction Is a Metaphor That Questions Language and Daily Life
An interview with author Michael Parker on the reprint of his first novel, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Prize in 1993.
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“Swamp”: A Historical Novel Full of Symbolism, Metaphor
The persona of Benito Juárez, revolutionary and first president of Mexico, transports readers to pre-Civil War New Orleans in this tale of bear fights, murders, infatuation, and yellow fever.
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The Good Brings the Bad in “Still Life”
Katherine Packert Burke’s debut novel, “Still Life,” straddles the past and present as it illuminates queer relationships, the challenges and reliefs of grappling with gender identity, and what it means to move forward in life.
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Mystic Family Rituals Break Down in “The Bog Wife”
Riveting, haunting, and gorgeous, Kay Chronister’s “The Bog Wife” is a novel about the cycles of life and breaking tradition.
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A Family, and Nation’s, Search for Self in “A Reason to See You Again”
Jami Attenberg’s latest novel explores how Cohen family members seek to improve themselves against the backdrop of the 70s, 80s and 90s America.
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