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The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
When a writer has been silent for so long, curiosity builds about what she has to say.
Troutwatching by Dallas Crow
The poems in Troutwatching, like beautiful fish, glimmer briefly on the surface before disappearing, the illumination they bring sparkling like a fragile bubble about to burst.
Cece by Emmelie Prophète
Cécé is a window into a world the reader will likely not encounter otherwise.
Flood by Christine Kalafus
I didn't read to the end of Flood because I was worried about Kalafus or her marriage. I wasn't anxious about the possibility that she would lose.
So Far Gone by Jess Walter
In So Far Gone, Jess Walter delivers far more than a satirical road trip or a biting portrait of American extremism—he offers a moving meditation on the quiet, often messy
Nostalgic for a Place Never Seen by Bhaswati Ghosh
The poems end with a punch, like a sudden explosion of taste and smell. Ghosh has both the eye and ear for the everyday, for the trivial, for the minute
The Full Catastrophe: All I Ever Wanted, Everything I Feared by Casey Mulligan Walsh
Walsh looks at grief head on, unflinching, even welcoming it as tangible proof of the love she shares with her dead.
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Throughout the novel, all four women grapple with the gendered expectations of their relatives, continuing the feminist themes Adiche has explored in other works.
Modern Poetry by Diane Seuss
She's definitely not taking her Pulitzer and riding off into the poetic sunset.
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
Our book reviewer, Elizabeth Spencer, offers her perspective on the novel, "Tell Me Everything."
The Soul We Share by Ricky Ray
This book is nothing less than a poetic manifesto challenging us to do better, notice better, live better, and love better...
All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
Looking for your next read? You might try this new novel by Chris Whitaker.











