Jonathan Franzen's Crossroads transports readers to the early 1970s, introducing us to a family on the cusp of change. Patriarch Russ Hildebrandt, once a popular and commanding figure with lofty ...
Read ReviewOne of the ethical debates presented in Jonathan Frazen's Crossroads concerns the United States' use of the draft to supplement its troops during the Vietnam War. Conscription, commonly known as ...
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Chasing Me to My Grave might be the most authentic, vulnerable autobiography you'll ever read. Artist Winfred Rembert holds nothing back in recounting his life, reviewing all of its beauty and ...
Read ReviewThe 13th Amendment and Contemporary Slavery in the US Prison System
As we all know, slavery was abolished in the United States after the Civil War when Congress passed the 13th Amendment. What many might not recognize is that the 13th Amendment did not ban slavery ...
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In the incendiary opening story of My Monticello, Jocelyn Nicole Johnson's debut collection, a father is addressing his college-aged son, with whom he has never had a relationship, or not a typical ...
Read ReviewThe Legacy of Slavery at Monticello
In the novella that makes up the second half of My Monticello, survivors of a white nationalist uprising seek shelter at Thomas Jefferson's estate. Jefferson's former residence and plantation ...
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The Wrong End of the Telescope
Rabih Alameddine's The Wrong End of the Telescope follows Mina, a Lebanese American doctor who travels to Lesbos to help Syrian refugees arriving on the Greek island. A transgender woman, Mina lives ...
Read ReviewThe Real-Life Work of Rabih Alameddine
In The Wrong End of the Telescope, Rabih Alameddine creates a character that appears to be a stand-in for himself, described from the perspective of the novel's narrator, Mina. Mina paints the ...
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It is the summer of 1963 in Tamarack County, Minnesota. Just outside the small town of Aurora, nestled next to shimmering Iron Lake, 12-year-old Cork O'Connor makes a grisly discovery. Hiking into the...
Read ReviewThe Indian Relocation Act of 1956
In Lightning Strike, William Kent Krueger includes an author's note about the Indian Relocation Act of 1956 (also known as Public Law 959 or the Adult Vocational Training Program), which features as a...
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The fine thing about short stories in general is their way of following characters through significant moments or events of change. It's a little like shadowing someone's life for a while and ...
Read Review'Skinship' is a term commonly used to describe physical affection in Korean culture. It can be read as a portmanteau of the words 'skin' and 'kinship.' In the eponymous story from her book ...
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When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky
by Margaret Verble
A deliciously strange and daringly original novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Margaret Verble.
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