An estranged mother and daughter reconnect while hunting treasure in the Utah desert in this complex debut from Kathleen Boland.
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“Hot Wax”: A Road Trip Worth Taking
A review of M.L. Rio’s novel, “Hot Wax.”
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“Midnight in Memphis”: Noteworthy Southern Noir
Thomas Dann’s debut is much more than a typical whodunit.
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Resilience and Redemption in Austin’s Edgelands
A review of Christopher Brown’s “A Natural History of Empty Lots,” which records Brown’s exploration of the murky lines between “nature” and “civilization.”
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“To the Moon and Back”: An Expansive Coming-of-Age Novel
Eliana Ramage has a knack for crafting complex characters and capturing the human experience.
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Cults, Climate Crisis, and Community in Delaney Nolan’s “Happy Bad”
What would have felt, twenty years ago, like a fairly extreme climate apocalypse novel reads like tomorrow’s news, or even yesterday’s.
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Tending to the Land: Wendell Berry’s “Marce Catlett: The Force of a Story”
A review of Wendell Berry’s newest novel, “Marce Catlett: The Force of a Story.”
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Three Women in Exile Ache for Cuba in “The Eternal Forest”
A review of Elena Sheppard’s memoir, “The Eternal Forest.”
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“Shedding Season” Casts a Spell
In their poems, Jane Morton finds incredible strength and beauty in being cracked open, shedding what no longer serves in order to become something new.
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Poetry Flowing from History in “You’re Called by the Same Sound”
A review of Alicia Wright’s August 2025 poetry collection “You’re Called by the Same Sound.”
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