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Brother and the Dancer

by Amy O'Loughlin

Norris’s writing is meticulous and incisive. His convincing passages convey philosophic truths about the consequence of choice and the quest for self-awareness. Keenan Norris’s debut novel is an engaging, eloquent, and insightful... Read More

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The Strength of Bone

by Michelle Anne Schingler

This is a book honest in its brutality, though brightened by hopeful sparks. The debut novel from seasoned physician Lucie Wilk is the stark tale of a doctor’s search for personal redemption abroad; one which examines, in tones both... Read More

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House Bound

by Lisa Bower

With a plot interwoven with secrets and twists, young Maggie’s story of homeschooling and escape shines light on her eight siblings’ inner worlds. After years of raising her eight siblings in near isolation, nineteen-year-old Maggie... Read More

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The Fata Morgana Books

by Shawn Syms

The dry, expository style accentuates the sexual frankness in these elegant novellas and stories. Adventurous readers of contemporary European literature may appreciate "The Fata Morgana Books", by Jonathan Littell, translated from... Read More

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Some Day

by Michelle Anne Schingler

This thrilling, fresh, and surprising novel ought to draw the eyes of the literati back to Israel. Filmmaker Shemi Zarhin’s emotionally expansive and beautiful debut centers on an outwardly average Israeli family, perched with resolve... Read More

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Everything Happens as It Does

by Aimee Jodoin

Stambolova’s intricately detailed prose beguiles and dazzles while opening one’s eyes to the grander image of fate, destiny, and self-awareness. Entangled in an odd, fraying family, the main characters in this unusual novel approach... Read More

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Double Negative

by Karl Helicher

This thought-provoking novel about race incites discussion through spirited, well-crafted dialogue. A double negative, according to Teju Cole, the South African novelist who wrote the introduction to this engaging but at times... Read More

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