Book Review
The Hedgerow
In Anne Leigh Parrish’s historical novel "The Hedgerow", an enigmatic woman’s professional goals clash with postwar American culture. Circumstances compel Edith to take a room in Henry’s lavish home in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
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Footprints
The poems collected in "Footprints" combine pitch-perfect musicality with empathetic considerations of human nature, emotions, and aspirations. In James Ten Eyck’s memorable poetry collection "Footprints", the pleasures of rhyme and...
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Fragility
Language is under constant interrogation and scrutiny in the acerbic, pandemic-set satirical novel "Fragility". In Portland, Oregon, during the early days of COVID-19, the characters in Mosby Woods’s illustrated speculative novel...
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More Than Merely Eyes Can See
Written with the belief that listening to the stories of others is a powerful tool for building empathy, "More Than Merely Eyes Can See" is a thoughtful community project. Susan Carey’s humane community memoir "More Than Merely Eyes...
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Little Boy, I Know Your Name
Rejecting a family tradition of silence to catalog inherited and individual wounds, "Little Boy, I Know Your Name" is a powerful memoir. Mitchell Raff’s forthright memoir "Little Boy, I Know Your Name" centers on his relationships with...
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The Book of Daniel
"The Book of Daniel" is a unique coming-of-age story that’s steeped in the paranormal. Sean Ian’s imaginative novel "The Book of Daniel" incorporates Gothic horror and the paranormal into an old soul’s coming-of-age story. A New...
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Look toward the Rising Sun
"Look toward the Rising Sun" is a striking historical novel about growing up Black and middle class in the Jim Crow era. In Sarah Smith Ducksworth’s historical novel "Look toward the Rising Sun", a Black girl comes of age in Jackson,...
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Connections
Friendly and wise, the poems collected in "Connections" muse through heady contemporary topics. Pairing text with photographs, Ian Stott’s poetry collection "Connections" distills wisdom from lived experiences. Written in a friendly,...