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Look toward the Rising Sun

by Michele Sharpe

"Look toward the Rising Sun" is a striking historical novel about growing up Black and middle class in the Jim Crow era. In Sarah Smith Ducksworth’s historical novel "Look toward the Rising Sun", a Black girl comes of age in Jackson,... Read More

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Gentling Soul

by Mary McNichol

Society’s necessary growth toward embracing those with neurogenetic disorders is highlighted in the multigenerational novel "Gentling Soul". In El Alma’s novel "Gentling Soul", an aging woman with a neurogenetic disorder discovers... Read More

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Connections

by Michele Sharpe

Friendly and wise, the poems collected in "Connections" muse through heady contemporary topics. Pairing text with photographs, Ian Stott’s poetry collection "Connections" distills wisdom from lived experiences. Written in a friendly,... Read More

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I Am That I Am

by Xenia Dunford

Celebrating deep relationships with God, "I Am That I Am" is a curious and provocative collection of spiritual meditations. Henry Martens’s appealing spiritual book "I Am That I Am" discusses the benefits of spirituality in an... Read More

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