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In late 1952, the writer Penelope Fitzgerald and her husband Desmond faced severe financial troubles, and the literary magazine they co-edited, World Review, was failing. In addition, Desmond's ...
Read ReviewThe British writer Penelope Fitzgerald is famously known for having published her first novel at the age of sixty and then winning the prestigious Booker Prize for her third novel two years later....
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Jason Mott's novel People Like Us follows two storylines, both centering Black American writers. A third-person narration focuses on Soot, also featured in Mott's previous National Book Award-winning ...
Read ReviewJason Mott won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction with Hell of a Book, a novel that shares some characters and qualities with People Like Us. In People Like Us, one character narrates his own ...
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What caused the Civil War? Nearly since Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse in 1865, Americans have said it was a complex conflict relating to states' rights versus the decrees of the ...
Read ReviewThe Activism of William Monroe Trotter
Americans know the names Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rosa Parks, and many may be familiar with W.E.B. Du Bois, but if asked about Black activists, fewer would recognize the name of William Monroe ...
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For whatever reason, I am a sucker for a premise that involves multiple people with the same name. There is Sam Cohen's short story collection Sarahland, which features a protagonist named Sarah at ...
Read ReviewFrances Glessner Lee's Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
In Sweetener, Charlotte and Olivia go to the Smithsonian to view an exhibit of dioramas created by forensic scientist Frances Glessner Lee to further the training and work of law enforcement in ...
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Where Are You Really From is Elaine Hsieh Chou's follow-up to her acclaimed debut novel, Disorientation, widely praised for its clever humor and engaging storytelling. Her short story collection ...
Read ReviewMarriage as a Path to American Citizenship
In Elaine Hsieh Chou's short story collection Where Are You Really From, 'Mail Order Love' examines certain realities of American 'green card marriages' and 'mail-order' brides (women seeking long...
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The Invention of Charlotte Brontë
In 1850, two of the Victorian era's greatest novelists met for the first time in England's tranquil Lake District. Elizabeth Gaskell, a burgeoning writer, and Charlotte Brontë, the woman behind ...
Read ReviewThe first biographer of Charlotte Brontë was her fellow novelist and devoted friend, Elizabeth Gaskell. Born in London in 1810, Elizabeth Cleghorn spent her early years living in Cheshire, ...
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The Possession of Alba Díaz
by Isabel Cañas
When a demon awakens in a Mexican mine, a young woman must seek help from the one man she shouldn’t trust.
When the Cranes Fly South
by Lisa Ridzén
A powerful debut about an elderly man’s fight for independence, and an emotional tale of love, family, and redemption.
The Tapestry of Time
by Kate Heartfield
Love, war, and the supernatural collide in this dazzling historical fantasy by international bestselling author Kate Heartfield.
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