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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... Read More

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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... Read More

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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... Read More

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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... Read More

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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... Read More

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