Book Review
The Banished and the Dead
The vibrant poetry collection "The Banished and the Dead" is a stark, deliberate confrontation with the truths people choose to remember and the ones they struggle to name. Anne Leigh Parrish’s vivid poetry collection "The Banished and...
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Zero Complexity
"Zero Complexity" is a compelling philosophical treatise that issues a sustained challenge to traditional religious and philosophical assumptions. Robin Mains’s sweeping metaphysical text "Zero Complexity" argues for replacing...
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The Conviction and Ultimate Choice of Greatness
Positive choices are the reigning mode of transport through the musings of the self-help text "The Conviction and Ultimate Choice of Greatness". Somadina Nnaji Chukwu’s inspirational essay collection "The Conviction and Ultimate Choice...
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Martha's Daughter
David Haynes’s complex short story collection Martha’s Daughter is about the everyday situations and relationships of working-class Black Americans. Set in the metropolitan flatlands of Missouri, the stories are imbued with the...
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The Darién Gap
A riveting story set in the hemispheric crossroads between Panama and Colombia, journalist Belén Fernández’s "The Darién Gap" reports on the inhospitable journey migrants and refuge seekers endure for a chance at a better life in...
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Spirography
Immersed in an endemic sense of grief, Cara Stoddard’s coming-of-age memoir "Spirography" is about cancer’s enduring presence in her life. At seven years old, Stoddard was diagnosed with a pediatric germ cell tumor. Thereafter,...
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When Elsa Sang the Blues
Whimsical themes and dreamy language appear in the short stories of "When Elsa Sang the Blues", which is most about men’s considerations of love. Lewis Bogaty’s short story collection "When Elsa Sang the Blues" focuses on intimate...
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Africa
Taking the form of a dialogue between the past and the present, the social science inquiry "Africa" addresses topics including education, equality, ethnicity and race, epistemology, and history. An impassioned quest to uncover the hidden...
