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August 2023

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published August 2023.

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Ravage & Son

by Rebecca Foster

Jerome Charyn’s rollicking novel Ravage & Son tours the seedy underbelly of turn-of-the-century New York City. Between 1883 and 1913, the city’s Jewish quarter witnesses the reign and fall of Lionel Ravage, a hardware and... Read More

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Savage Bred

by Aleena Ortiz

In Victoria McCombs’s high seas adventure novel "Savage Bred", betrayal and family sail hand-in-hand. As the third book of the Royal Rose Chronicles starts, Ontario, the pirate ship’s former first mate, has become captain; the... Read More

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The 5-Day Job Search

by Kristine Morris

"The 5-Day Job Search" is a career guide that draws on personal experience to deliver advice for succeeding in interviews and working toward professional success. Leading by example, Annie Margarita Yang’s career guide "The 5-Day Job... 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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Transister

by Kristine Morris

"Transister" is a powerful memoir about a mother’s stand for her daughter’s right to be her authentic self. Television anchor Kate Brookes’s unflinching memoir "Transister" is about raising a trans child in a transphobic world.... Read More

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Heavy Is the Head

by Matt Sutherland

Black women poets matter in ways that poets of other races and ethnicities can’t: “Black girl must write poetry so other black girls can relate.” That Black girl poetry readers matter … do you understand? This debut collection... Read More

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What to Count

by Matt Sutherland

Sound. Alise Alousi sounds her words to arrive as cadence, as music, as magic. Sounds easy, until you realize how large her collection of eye teeth would be if she traded her secret with other poets. A Kresge Literary Arts Fellow and the... Read More

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