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Juno's Song

by Ben Linder

In the spirited novel Juno’s Song, a writer awaiting an alien arrival overcomes his fear of death. Electrified and soulful, Michael Kelley’s novel Juno’s Song includes Buddhist meditations on death amid possible extraterrestrial... Read More

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Madcap Dogs

by Ben Linder

Dogs are the catalysts for human tenderness and daring in the warm short story collection "Madcap Dogs". In Ron Chandler’s endearing short story collection "Madcap Dogs", canines bring the best out of their human companions. In these... Read More

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The Flying African

by Amy O'Loughlin

Self-consciously “phantasmagoric and allegorical,” this ambitious novel revels in a wide-eyed traveler’s surreal trek across all of Africa’s nations. Acquiescing to the outlandish is obligatory in Areg Azatyan’s epic adventure... Read More

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The Squid and the Spaceman

by Cierra Taylor

A lively and distinctive cast invigorates this biting novel about a midlife, never-married comedian navigating another chance at love. Snappy and obscene, Randy Ross’s novel "The Squid and the Spaceman" lays out the wonders and woes of... Read More

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Winning Now

by Willem Marx

A paean to conservative principles, "Winning Now" is a passionate Texas politician’s tract. Former member of the Texas House of Representatives Raul Torres’s political manifesto "Winning Now" calls for recentering American politics... Read More

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Little Ships

by Karen Rigby

Grandmothers’ lives change when they gather to care for their grieving family members in the moving novel "Little Ships". Grief has an illuminating effect in Sandra Scofield’s affecting multigenerational novel "Little Ships". After... Read More

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