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Love and Art Collide in “Now is Not the Time to Panic”

By: Jenny Maattala September 13, 2023September 13, 2023

ReviewsEcco Press, Fiction, Kevin Wilson, Novel, Now is Not the Time to Panic, ReviewLeave a Comment

A review of “Now is Not the Time to Panic” by Kevin Wilson.

Raylan’s Back

By: J.N. Plesh September 7, 2023September 1, 2023

ReviewsFX, Hulu, Justified: City Primeval, Review, Stage and Screen, Television1 Comment

A review of the FX limited series, “Justified: City Primeval.”

Surreal Chronicles of History in “The Light at the End of the World”

By: Tina Borah August 30, 2023August 13, 2023

ReviewsFiction, Novel, Review, Siddhartha Deb, Soho Press, The Light at the End of the WorldLeave a Comment

A review of Siddhartha Deb’s “The Light at the End of the World.”

“Bet” on Red Clay Suzie, a Novel Rooted in Truth

By: Valerie Nieman August 25, 2023August 24, 2023

ReviewsFiction, Jeffrey Dale Lofton, Novel, Red Clay Suzie, ReviewLeave a Comment

In this debut, Lofton’s irresistible protagonist is both endearingly naive and surprisingly sophisticated.

Beat the Heat with the Hilarity that is “Swamp Story”

By: Christine McDowell Tucker August 14, 2023August 13, 2023

ReviewsDave Barry, Fiction, Review, Swamp StoryLeave a Comment

Dave Barry’s latest comedic tale is a wild romp through the Florida Everglades.

Homecoming and Reckoning “Inside” Amy Rowland’s Second Novel

By: Jenny Maattala August 3, 2023August 2, 2023

ReviewsAlgonquin, Amy Rowland, Fiction, Inside the Wolf, Novel, ReviewLeave a Comment

Witches, wolves, and ghosts are at play in the latest from the author of “The Transcriptionist.”

The Presence of Absence in Hybrid Memoir “Disequilibria”

By: Claire O'Brien July 21, 2023July 18, 2023

ReviewsDisequilibria, Memoir, Nonfiction, Review, Robert Lunday, University of New Mexico PressLeave a Comment

A review of “Disequilibria: Meditations on Missingness” by Robert Lunday.

The Brothers Grimm, but Feminist: Stacy Sivinski’s “Fairy Tales of Appalachia”

By: Kate Murphy June 23, 2023June 26, 2023

ReviewsFairy Tales of Appalachia, Fiction, Review, Stacy SivinskiLeave a Comment

A review of Stacy Sivinski’s new book, “Fairy Tales of Appalachia.”

“Maybe This Is What I Deserve” Delivers Disorienting Flash Fantasy

By: Frankie Martinez June 20, 2023June 20, 2023

ReviewsFiction, Maybe This Is What I Deserve, Review, Short Stories, Tucker Leighty-PhillipsLeave a Comment

Tucker Leighty-Phillips’ debut story collection is both nonsensical and fulfilling.

“The Great American Everything” Is a Quiet, Memorable Debut

By: Jenny Maattala June 12, 2023June 12, 2023

ReviewsFiction, Review, Scott. Gloden, Short Stories, The Great American EverythingLeave a Comment

Social injustices are at the heart of Scott Gloden’s short story collection.