Book Review
Welcome to New Haven
by Mari Carlson
In the series-opening spiritual novel "Welcome to New Haven", an ordinary office worker awakens to his superpowers. An ambassador from New Haven retrieves the man who can save the world in Rashan Bryant’s fantasy novel "Welcome to New...
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The Redemption of Mattie Silks
by Mari Carlson
In the historical novel "The Redemption of Mattie Silks", a powerful woman plies the sex workers’ trade in her favor. In Kimberly Burns’s historical novel "The Redemption of Mattie Silks", a Denver businesswoman follows the gold rush...
Book Review
Infertilities, A Curation
by Mari Carlson
After their experiences with infertility, Elizabeth Horn, Maria Novotny, and Robin Silbergleid put together "Infertilities, A Curation", a collection of essays, art, and poetry on the subject. Prior to the COVID-19 shutdowns, the ART of...
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Presner the Remarkable
by Mari Carlson
"Presner the Remarkable" is a reflective novel in which an underdog dissects his idolization of an old friend. A wedding prompts a midlife crisis in Don Eron’s tragicomic novel "Presner the Remarkable". Presner once attended law...
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Beyond a Thousand Words
by Mari Carlson
Three generations of restless, ambitious women mull big questions in the musing novel "Beyond a Thousand Words". In Michael Rose’s novel "Beyond a Thousand Words", three generations of women balance ambition and love. Coty is a...
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Life at the Precipice
by Mari Carlson
A wounded man ingratiates himself to a community on the edge in the mythical novel "Life at the Precipice". In R. F. Vincent’s humane novel "Life at the Precipice", a navigator investigates a decimated Canadian hamlet. On the heels of...
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The Pain of Pleasure
by Mari Carlson
While New York City prepares for a hurricane, the staff and patients of a headache clinic brace against a storm of their own making in Amy Grace Loyd’s novel "The Pain of Pleasure". A doctor unpacks the consequences of prescribing joy...
Book Review
Arlen's Gun
by Mari Carlson
In the historical novel Arlen’s Gun, a traumatized gunner soldiers through a taxing war. In Edgar Doleman’s historical novel Arlen’s Gun, a second-choice air force gunner defends an impromptu fort in Vietnam. Arlen is a...