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She Could Be You
"She Could Be You" is a collection of poems that invites contemplation and recognition of our shared humanity. In Margaret Joeline Brinson’s measured poetry collection "She Could Be You", vignettes about daily emotional struggles lead...
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Time Peels All to Original White
Inventive, beautiful, and deep, the poems of "Time Peels All to Original White" muse on subjects of perennial relevance in fresh, literary ways. Xueyan’s exceptional poetry collection "Time Peels All to Original White" combines...
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Status Human
"Status Human" is an action-oriented science fiction novel about androids whose human components bring them strength. In Daniel Weisbeck’s science fiction novel "Status Human", a sentient android does battle with a mercenary...
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Way Leads onto Way
"Way Leads onto Way" is a gentle, spiritual poetry collection that proffers answers to people’s daily challenges. In Estelle M. Deshon’s collection of poems "Way Leads onto Way", formal verse is the vehicle, and faith and gratitude...
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I Want Magic
A native of New Orleans with a PhD in English, C. W. Cannon brings his perspective to the city, the South, and race in his essay collection "I Want Magic". With eloquence and keen analyses, Cannon defends New Orleans as complex and...
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The Slowworm's Song
In Andrew Miller’s historical novel The Slowworm’s Song, a British family reckons with their patriarch’s military involvement in Northern Ireland’s Troubles. Though raised as a Quaker, Stephen joined the British army when he was...
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Accidental Sisters
"Accidental Sisters" is a tender memoir about adoption and about love within families, both biological and not. In "Accidental Sisters", Katherine Linn Caire’s uplifting memoir about finding her sister in middle age, coincidence and...
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Siren, On Repeat
Practical methods for managing long-term grief are named in the memoir Siren, on Repeat, the story of an ebullient friendship cut short by death. Patti Kimball writes about losing her best friend to heart disease when both girls were...