Book Review
No One Left but You
A party gone wrong leaves a community reeling in Tash McAdam’s mystery novel "No One Left but You". Since coming out as trans, Max has been ostracized by his former friends, including his crush, Danny. A kind teacher takes notice and...
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All These Sunken Souls
There are more frightening things to be haunted by than ghosts in Circe Moskowitz’s horror anthology "All These Sunken Souls". Intense teenage emotions, the pressure of looming adulthood, generational traumas, and the stress of being...
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Hands and Straight Lines
Reveling in the moments that make up a life, "Hands and Straight Lines" is an art-infused, introspective novel. An artist finds his place in the world in Carla Bradsher-Fredrick’s contemplative coming-of-age novel "Hands and Straight...
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South
A journalist heads to an offshore oil rig and stumbles onto a sinister story in Babak Lakghomi’s political novel "South". After failing to publish an investigative piece on ornithologists, B writes a book about his missing father and...
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Good Women
Subtle moments of realization reveal the fault lines in otherwise average lives in Halle Hill’s emotional, devastating short story collection "Good Women". Often centered in the lives of women and girls, this is a collection about...
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Daughters of Muscadine
Monic Ductan’s relationship-focused short story collection "Daughters of Muscadine" traces a small town’s triumphs and tragedies. Small towns can be comforting and oppressive—a source of connection, but also the root of larger...
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Is There God after Prince?
Peter Coviello reflects on myriad opportunities for connection through critical engagement with the arts in his intriguing essay collection "Is There God after Prince?" The collection is separated into five sections. The first,...
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Sordidez
Indigenous culture is at war with imperialism in E. G. Condé’s haunting novella "Sordidez". In a future ravaged by climate disaster and biochemical warfare, Puerto Rico is caught in the new cold war between China and the United States...