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The Trees by Percival Everett

April 24, 2023

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Percival Everett’s novel The Trees is a dark and darkly humorous look deep into the foul, blood-clogged engine of racism. Set in a small Mississippi town locked in the 1950s, the death of two good ole ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, literary, racism, satire, Southern life

She Would Be King

September 17, 2018

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An unlikely trio comes together in the fight for a new nation in She Would Be King, Wayétu Moore’s debut novel about Liberia. There is 18-year-old Gbessa, exiled from her small West African village as ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Africa, book clubs, debut, Graywolf Press, historical fiction, literary, magical realism

August Reading Wrap-Up

August 30, 2018

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Where did this summer go?! I’m pretty sure I lost the month of July completely. August was a bit better and for my reading as well. I had three books I absolutely loved, but did struggle with finding ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: book clubs, health, lists, mini-reviews, mystery

Tumbledown: A Novel

September 5, 2014

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Tumbledown by Robert Boswell largely takes place at the Onyx Springs Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Center, a residential facility where James Candler is a counselor. Through the novel we meet the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary fiction, Graywolf Press

Woke Up Lonely: A Novel

April 11, 2014

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Many people have experienced loneliness in their life but for Thurlow Dan it was a call to organize a movement. The Helix is his solution to the isolated insulated lives we live—a ... Read More...

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