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Mother's Day in the Empire State: Or, An Answer to the Arraignment of Women
Narrated with sardonic humor, this satirical novel contrasts the state’s treatment of women at different socioeconomic levels to make searing points. A government employee is deposed in a child abuse investigation in Constantia...
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Trailer Park Prince
Two brothers contend with sibling rivalry, parental disapproval, political strife, and burgeoning relationships in Andre L. Bradley’s science fiction novel "Trailer Park Prince". The Kaydans are an alien royal family with telekinetic...
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Return of the Chinese Femme
Anything can spark and hold a memory according to Dorothy Chan’s poetry collection "Return of the Chinese Femme". Across five sections, the poems’ speaker luxuriates in memories of childhood, family, and past and current lovers....
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No One Left but You
A party gone wrong leaves a community reeling in Tash McAdam’s mystery novel "No One Left but You". Since coming out as trans, Max has been ostracized by his former friends, including his crush, Danny. A kind teacher takes notice and...
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All These Sunken Souls
There are more frightening things to be haunted by than ghosts in Circe Moskowitz’s horror anthology "All These Sunken Souls". Intense teenage emotions, the pressure of looming adulthood, generational traumas, and the stress of being...
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Hands and Straight Lines
Reveling in the moments that make up a life, "Hands and Straight Lines" is an art-infused, introspective novel. An artist finds his place in the world in Carla Bradsher-Fredrick’s contemplative coming-of-age novel "Hands and Straight...
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South
A journalist heads to an offshore oil rig and stumbles onto a sinister story in Babak Lakghomi’s political novel "South". After failing to publish an investigative piece on ornithologists, B writes a book about his missing father and...
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Good Women
Subtle moments of realization reveal the fault lines in otherwise average lives in Halle Hill’s emotional, devastating short story collection "Good Women". Often centered in the lives of women and girls, this is a collection about...