Book Review
Read, Listen, Tell
These indigenous stories beg to be engaged with on their own terms. More than a simple anthology of short stories, Read, Listen, Tell: Indigenous Stories From Turtle Island is a treatise meant to introduce and teach indigenous...
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Goat Castle
This riveting true-crime exploration highlights the relationship between race and the law in the post-Civil War South. Karen L. Cox’s Goat Castle: A True Story of Murder, Race, and the Gothic South translates historical facts into an...
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The Augury Assignment
Both suspenseful and grotesque, "The Augury Assignment" fully embraces the horror genre. "The Augury Assignment" by Mark Christopher Mathis is a gripping and unsettling novel that delivers the best of the horror genre. It offers not only...
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Subtle Moments
This collection of poems suggests that every moment holds wondrous possibilities. Vinay Benjamin’s poetry collection "Subtle Moments" celebrates the wonder of human existence by exploring its most mundane parts. Poems range in focus,...
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Isle
An epic fantasy plot combines with a young woman’s struggles to come of age and understand herself in this cinematic novel. "Isle" by Jes Dory is both a bildungsroman and an adventure story. The novel grounds all its twists, turns, and...
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Stumbling Out the Stable
With its focus on character and experience, "Stumbling Out the Stable" is a through exploration of modern adulthood. Stumbling out the Stable is the bildungsroman of the new generation. Sean Pravica touches on the confusion plaguing...
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Transformed
A CIA agent and a dominatrix connect in this vibrant and exciting novel. Transformed: San Francisco is both a romance and a thriller. With rich characters and a fast-paced plot, coauthors Suzanne Falter and Jack Harvey deliver a story of...
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Maze of Blood
Simultaneously poetic and economic, this is a layered and complex exploration of human existence and the experiences that mold a person. "Maze of Blood" reads almost like a poem. Marly Youmans’s language is sweeping and grandiose and...