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The Maze at Windermere, by Gregory Blake Smith
Shakespeare said it first: “The course of true love never did run smooth.” This is […]
Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi
The multi-award winning family saga Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi, deserves all the praise it’s received. The […]
Where the Light Falls, by Allison Pataki and Owen Pataki
Allison and Owen Pataki’s Where the Light Falls is the story of two parallel lives during […]
The Pagoda Tree, by Claire Scobie
Maya was born to dance. When she dances to tell the stories of the Hindu pantheon, […]
La Créole by Cheryl Sawyer
When a white writer writes an African American or African character, I worry—especially when that […]
An Almond for a Parrot, by Wray Delaney
Wray Delaney has concocted a delightfully scandalous historical fantasy in An Almond for a Parrot. In […]
The Butcher’s Hook, by Janet Ellis
Curiosity is a dangerous thing—especially when it’s coupled with amorality as it is in Janet […]
Ross Poldark, by Winston Graham
Coming home from war is hard. Coming home from war to learn that the woman […]
Mr. Eternity, by Aaron Thier
Being a literature major and librarian has given me a more-than-healthy skepticism about what I […]