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October 2024

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published October 2024.

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Unwritten

by John M. Murray

A direct, encouraging guide to conceptualizing, writing, and publishing a business book, "Unwritten" walks aspiring writers through each step of the publishing process. For fellow business book writers, ghostwriter Emily Crookston’s... Read More

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Sound Museum

by Isabella Zhou

In Poupeh Missaghi’s literary novella "Sound Museum", an enthusiastic curator celebrates the aural elements of torture. Before an exclusive tour of her museum, an Iranian curator delivers an opening speech to the invited foreign... Read More

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House of Grace, House of Blood

by Matt Sutherland

Justice is out of the purview of poetry, unfortunately. Otherwise, the ancestors of the ninety-six Lenapes killed by rogue Pennsylvania militia men in 1782 might read this collection and find some much deserved peace. That Denise Low... Read More

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Clumsy Beauty

by Matt Sutherland

Poetry is a high wire act, performance art—for some writers. J. K. Kennedy finds it to be her path to clarity, a clearing of destructive thought clutter, a crystallization of love, limitlessness, and the beauty of human existence.... Read More

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Museum of the Soon to Depart

by Matt Sutherland

Poets come equipped. Where mortals lower their lids in terror, poets play a game of stare down—making hay through the pain, lemonade of loss, fun of fear—never ever looking away. Steely Andy Young lives in New Orleans after a... Read More

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All Mixed Up

by Karen Rigby

In Raj Tawney’s perceptive novel "All Mixed Up", a multiracial boy contends with bullying and finds friendship in the aftermath of 9/11. Kamal’s father is from India. His mother is a New Yorker with Italian and Puerto Rican roots. At... Read More

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Soulful Struttin'

by Danielle Ballantyne

A girl tries to avoid the cleaning part of a Sunday tradition in this wholesome picture book about family bonding. Every Sunday, Clara’s dad cleans and sings while her mother makes gumbo; Clara loves the singing but could do without... Read More

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