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The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The Fire Next Time is a 1963 book comprised of two essays: MY DUNGEON SHOOK: […]
The Removed by Brandon Hobson
The Echota family, of Cherokee heritage, is trying to navigate modern American life while dealing […]
In the Distance. By Hernan Diaz
“Had it not been for the sage hens, he would have died in a matter […]
The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
It’s a page-turner. It’s a modern take on an old-style mystery. It’s about wealthy people […]
Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville
“To deal in double meanings and insinuations of any sort was quite foreign to his […]
Grounds for Murder by Tara Lush
“It’s Florida. Everyone’s strange. They shouldn’t be jerks on top of it.” (p. 23). CROOKED […]
Wow No Thank you by Samantha Irby
Crass, irreverent, and sometimes vulgar, but brutally honest essays by Samantha Irby are contained in […]
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
“She grows up fascinated by the hands of others, drawn always to touch them, to […]
What Kind of Woman: Poems by Kate Baer
I haven’t read a book of poems in quite some time. When I saw this […]