Haunting, Lyrical Heartbreak in “Let All Our Ghosts Depart”

A review of Meghana Mysore’s debut short story collection, “Let All Our Ghosts Depart.”

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“Bodega Stories” Celebrates Community as much as Family

This debut is a collection of captivating and true vignettes about bodega customers who are as human and colorful as they are industrious.

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Life in Small Moments in “Good Morning Means I Love You”

A review of Kendra Allen’s novel, “Good Morning Means I Love You.”

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“A Buyer’s Guide to the Afterlife” Is an Earnest Archive of Loss

Yet even wrangling against existential horrors, Wright reminds readers that even this imperfect moment in which we exist is worth noting carefully and archiving.

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A Poet Longs for Another Home, Another Body, in “Let the Forest Go”

A review of Justin Wymer’s poetry collection, “Let the Forest Go.”

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Katriona Chapman’s “The Pass” is a Sizzling Hot, Character-Driven Graphic Novel

A review of Katriona Chapman’s newest graphic novel, “The Pass.”

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A Manifesto for Collective Healing in Appalachia

Rayelle Davis’ Money in the Mountains: The Cultural Trauma of Appalachia makes a clear, compelling argument: “Generational trauma and poverty aren’t the problems in Appalachia. They are the symptoms of collective abuse.”

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Horses Bring Healing and Regeneration in “Fairfield County”

DéLana R.A. Dameron’s second novel, Fairfield County, published posthumously, spans four generations of Black horsemen and -women, from 1937 to 2014.

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