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Delicious Foods: A Novel

November 14, 2016

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Everybody black knows how to react to a tragedy. Just bring out a wheelbarrow full of the Same Old Anger, dump it all over the Usual Frustration, and water it with Somebody Oughtas…Then quietly set ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, literary, racism, social issues

Small Great Things

October 17, 2016

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Jodi Picoult is one of those authors I love for being entertaining yet educational. In each of her novels she takes on a subject and not only turns it into gripping fiction, but informs the reader. In ... Read More...

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How I Became a North Korean

August 8, 2016

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How I Became a North Korean by Krys Lee is a lot like the Korean delicacy kimchi—a confounding blend of elements that, until it has fermented, can be confusing and difficult to appreciate. But, just ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: China, contemporary life, North Korea, racism

The Sellout: A Novel

March 28, 2016

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How do you review a book when you’re not quite certain that you should or even that you should have been allowed to read it? This was the question in my mind after finishing Paul Beatty’s The Sellout. ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary fiction, humor, pop culture, racism, satire, social issues

Mudbound

February 10, 2016

  In 1939, at age thirty-one Laura is considered almost unmarriageable. All of her siblings have married and left the family home in Memphis. She has resigned herself to the fate of ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1940s, Algonquin Books, book clubs, debut, historical fiction, literary, racism, Southern life

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