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Sheine Lende

by Natalie Wollenzien

In Darcie Little Badger’s compassionate novel "Sheine Lende", memories live on through love. Aided by their ghost dog, Nellie, and their ancestral ability to awaken deceased animals from Below, Shane works with her mother, Lorenza, to... Read More

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The Maroons

by Natalie Wollenzien

Louis Timagène Houat’s harrowing, hopeful abolition novel "The Maroons" introduces a crucial Black narrative to the English canon. A maroon, a term used during the Indian Ocean slave trade, is defined as a fugitive, a Black person who... Read More

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A Very Unordinary Matter

by Natalie Wollenzien

In the extraordinary philosophical novel "A Very Unordinary Matter", a dedicated scientist puts forth a theory that could change the world. While it begins with the line “Leonidas’s discovery shocked the world,” D. M. Lloyd’s... Read More

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Good Eats

by Natalie Wollenzien

The essays collected in "Good Eats" explore people’s relationships to food through personal stories of love, connection, and emotional literacy. Food is not just food, the book argues. To discuss food is to dig into the foundations of... Read More

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The Caretaker

by Natalie Wollenzien

A development project ignites a community’s sense of activism in the lesson-filled novel "The Caretaker". In Ken Saik’s idealized novel "The Caretaker", citizens of idyllic Aspen Grove explore what it means to care for a place or a... Read More

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