Book Review
A Ghost in the Throat
History mutes women; it also depends on them. This paradox is at the heart of a "A Ghost in the Throat", an extraordinary literary memoir that finds life in buried spaces. In her childhood, Doireann Ní Ghríofa got in a tiff over her...
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Before Stonewall
The short stories of Edward M. Cohen’s collection gather electric, humane scenes from New York City’s mid century gay community. An aspiring playwright basks in the warmth of near success; it’s a moment he’ll always remember,...
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Tante Eva
Paula Bomer’s stark historical novel is set among the detritus left behind when the Berlin Wall fell. After World War II, Eva and her husband, Hugo, made the natural choice to live in the GDR, reasoning that communists saved him from...
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Bone Broth
Lyndsey Ellis’s thoughtful multigenerational novel "Bone Broth" is set during the days of the Ferguson protests. Justine and Wesley moved to the suburbs to escape the traps set for residents of the Pruitt-Igoe projects. But decades...
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The Crow and the Peacock
Electric splashes of color light up this tale about celebrating your innate gifts, rather than indulging in envy. Crow is a happy bird—until a dove’s bright feathers make him self-conscious. The dove, in turn, envies the...
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Brave Adventures, Little Girl
Anika looks forward to visiting her grandparents each Sunday: she gets dressed up, receives lots of hugs, and helps in their warm kitchen. But today, Anika makes a confession: she doesn’t think that she’s brave. Her grandfather uses...
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A Poem Is a Firefly
A cheerful woodland menagerie gathers around a little bear and his big red book to ask an important question: just what is a poem? Bear directs them to look around them: a poem can be anything, from the sound of an owl’s hoot to...
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Some Creatures Have All the Luck!
Minim is a mouse who loves music and cheese. In this adventure, he runs through a cold Venetian night to perform the duties of a tooth fairy at a girls’ school—but he doesn’t expect to run into a cat! While escaping, he happens to...