Civil Rights and Hurricane Katrina Histories Converge in “Behind the Waterline”

In this interview, Kionna Walker LeMalle shares the experience and magic behind her debut novel.

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Atlanta is Haven for Queer Black Culture and “Baptism by Fire” in “Fantasies of Future Things”

The codes of masculinity, gay or straight, play an important role in “Fantasies,” which draws upon moments of historical change to reveal the precarious position of the Black gay male at the turn of the century.

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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 Stone Catchers” Foregrounds America’s Unique Gun Problem 

A review of Laura Leigh Morris’s novel, “The Stone Catchers.”

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“The Road to the Country”: A War Novel About Brotherhood, Friendship

Obioma captures guilt, fear, anger, hope, and love in his latest work. It’s a big and ambitious book, and it brilliantly succeeds.

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An Appalachian Gothic Fairytale: Alisa Alering’s “Smothermoss”

A review of Alisa Altering’s debut novel “Smothermoss.”

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