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Please Write

by Joseph S. Pete

An exercise in ongoing, good-natured warmth, "Please Write" showcases the special bonds shared by dogs and their owners. J. Wynn Rousuck’s whimsical and waggish epistolary novel "Please Write" presents a conversation in letters between... Read More

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Otherwise

by Rebecca Foster

In the superb autobiographical essays of "Otherwise", Julie Marie Wade illuminates sexual orientation and body image issues. Nine intricate pieces reflect on risk, bodily autonomy, gender roles, and poetry versus prose. A series of... Read More

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The Berry Pickers

by Michelle Anne Schingler

While working as migrants, a Mi’kmaq family is rent by their daughter’s disappearance in Amanda Peters’s decades-spanning, heartrending novel "The Berry Pickers". Even before Ruthie disappeared from the Maine field where her... Read More

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Year of the Four Emperors

by Eileen Gonzalez

"Year of the Four Emperors" is a fantasy novel that questions what can happen when a nation becomes unwilling to accept progress and change. Humans and vampires fight over power and wealth in K. A. Khan’s fantasy novel "Year of the... Read More

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We Are the Wackadoodles

by Ali Ortiz

In the picture book We Are the Wackadoodles: It’s Nice to Be Kind, parents showcase and discuss the merits of kindness. In T. A. Duggan’s picture book We Are the Wackadoodles: It’s Nice to Be Kind, goodwill toward others wins the... Read More

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