M. W. Merritt, Book Reviewer
M. W. Merritt is Maine-based writer and editor, community organizer, and classics scholar.
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M. W. Merritt is Maine-based writer and editor, community organizer, and classics scholar.
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"Reprise" is a brief, affecting poetry collection that seeks meaning amid political chaos. Victor Marrero’s "Reprise" is a collection of eleven poems on the time between the world wars and the rise of tyranny, grief, and repetition....
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About perseverance through faith, "Legacy Letters" is a moving memoir. Stephanie Livingston’s epistolary memoir "Legacy Letters" is about growing a family, the ups and downs of marriage, and religion at the turn of the century....
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In the adventure-filled novel "The Immortal Happerstadt", a prince leaves his ordinary upbringing to fulfill his destiny. In Kevin Goss’s busy fantasy novel "The Immortal Happerstadt", a gay prince raised as a peasant pursues a life of...
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Filled with advice for Christians to welcome God’s love into their lives, How to Walk with God like Enoch is an assertive religious guide. Emmanuel Omere’s evangelizing guide How to Walk with God like Enoch calls for the rejection of...
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Boyhood doubts and curiosities form the compelling, intimate foundation of "The Conspiracy of the Christ", a theological memoir that dissects texts and asks in-the-weeds questions about religion. Michael LaFond’s...
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Made up of scientific facts, photographs, and questions about life on the Svalbard Archipelago, "Way Up North Where the Kittiwakes Play" is a lovely alphabet book. Juli-Ann Gasper’s "Way Up North Where the Kittiwakes Play" is an...
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A folkloric quest story that’s fleshed out by a bevy of intriguing magical complications, Legend of The Quill opens an exciting fantasy series. In Astra Crompton’s series-opening fantasy novel "Legend of the Quill", a farm boy is...
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Humorous and endearing, the short stories collected in Tales From the Backyard go beneath the surface of everyday stories to discover universal connections. Carolyn Gaye’s diverse short story collection "Tales from the Backyard"...
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