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The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

February 20, 2024

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Siblings Gloria and Robert live on their own in a small Florida town after their father was run out of town for trying to get the local mill workers to unionize. Their position is precarious because ... Read More...

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Those We Thought We Knew

December 15, 2023

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The residents of Jackson, a quiet county in the North Carolina mountains, are happy believing racism is largely in their past. Until that is, reality intervenes in David Joy’s new novel, Those We ... Read More...

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All the Sinners Bleed

June 5, 2023

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  It occurred to him no place was more confused by its past or more terrified of the future than The South. It's always gratifying to watch a new author come into their own. I’ve been reading ... Read More...

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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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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

November 14, 2022

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Barbara Kingsolver is back with Demon Copperhead, a serpentine tour-de-force set in the southern Appalachian Mountains. A modern-day David Copperfield, the novel follows Damon Fields from his ... Read More...

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