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The Slap and the Salamander by Chris Arthur
Serving House Review by Walter Cummins I had my first contact with Chris Arthur several decades ago when he submitted an essay to a quarterly I was editing. We, the…
The Frenchmen, or My Life in Theory by Emily Eakin
Penguin Review by Walter Cummins Emily Eakin’s life in theory began in the late 1980s when she was an eighteen-year-old sophomore at Harvard and fell “under the Frenchmen’s spell.” That’s…
Girl to Country: A Memoir by Amy Rigby
Southern Domestic Review by George Yatchisin Singer-songwriter Amy Rigby sets up the arc of her moving, charming, outsider-insider’s memoir Girl to Country poignantly in the prologue, when she considers what…
Born Lucky by Sarah McElwain
Rain Mountain Review by Walter Cummins A question hovering over Sarah McElwain’s entire novel from the very first sentence is whether the unlikely named Evening K. Titlebaum will be granted…
The Long American Shadow
Essay by Brian Tanguay I acquired American Visions by Edward L. Ayers and Democracy In Black by Eddie S. Glaude Jr., at the same time, but had no conscious intention…
California Dreams: The Making and Remaking of the University of California by Miriam Pawel
Bloomsbury Review by Brian Tanguay As Miriam Pawel writes in the Preface to her superb history of the University of California system, the many aspects of this educational juggernaut defy…
Wither by Dan Warner
Bloomsbury Review by Brian Tanguay Wither is likely to cause nightmares for readers who view AI with suspicion or fear. The CEO of Regression is an arrogant Elon Musk-like character…
Wounded Boarders: Stories by George Singleton
Dzanc Review by David Starkey I knew George Singleton for a couple of years back in the early nineties. We were both untenured instructors at a small state university in…
Heather by Caitlin Mullen
Celadon Review by Walter Cummins Caitlin Mullen’s Please See Us received the Edgar first novel award in 2021. Whether Heather will follow with similar affirmation from mystery judges is still…