“Our Sister Who Will Not Die” is Raw, Absorbing, and Complex

In the short story collection, “Our Sister Who Will Not Die,” Rebecca Bernard explores the darkest innerworkings of her characters while maintaining their humanity.

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Cultural Complexities in “The Ballad of Cherrystoke”

“The Ballad of Cherrystoke,” Melanie McGee Bianchi’s debut short story collection, captures the culture of mountain towns in lower Appalachia.

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“A Calm and Normal Heart”: Eclectic, Witty and Searching

An eclectic, witty and sometimes bittersweet portrait of Indigenous characters in “A Calm and Normal Heart”

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“How Strange a Season”: Lush, Seductive and Burdened with History

A review of Megan Mayhew Bergman’s new story collection, “How Strange a Season.”

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Voices in the Storm: Character and History in “The Distortions”

A review of Christopher Linforth’s short story collection, “The Distortions.”

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“Manywhere”: Stories in Search of Self

A review of Morgan Thomas’s “Manywhere,” a story collection that has characters investigating identity across time and place.

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