How Beautiful We Were, Imbolo Mbue
“We should have known the end was near.” So begins Imbolo Mbue’s powerful second novel, How Beautiful We Were. Set … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Cultural/Regional
Red Island House, Andrea Lee
A sweeping novel about marriage and loyalty, identity and heritage, fate and freedom, Red Island House reintroduces readers to a … Continue reading →
That Old Country Music, Kevin Barry
With three novels and two short story collections published, Kevin Barry has steadily established his stature as one of the … Continue reading →
Wolf Light, Yaba Badoe
When copper miners plunder Zula’s desert home in Gobi Altai, and Adoma’s forest and river are polluted by gold prospectors, … Continue reading →
Loveoid, JL Morin – Review
Loveoid by JL Morin Release date: December 6, 2020 Genre: eco-fiction, literary fiction, speculative fiction Price: $11.95; 276 pages ISBN: … Continue reading →
King and the Dragonflies, Kacen Callender
King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature at the 71st Annual … Continue reading →
Forest World, Margarita Engle
Middle Grade Fiction Reviewed by Kimberly Christensen Edver and his mother left Cuba when he was just a baby. His … Continue reading →
Margarita, Anni Kytömäki
Margarita won Finlandia Prize for the best fiction book of the year. “I have dedicated this book to the silent … Continue reading →
Crosshairs, Catherine Hernandez
Set in a terrifyingly familiar near-future, with massive floods leading to rampant homelessness and devastation, a government-sanctioned regime called The … Continue reading →
Death of a River Guide, Richard Flanagan
Aljaz Cosini is leading a group of tourists on a raft tour down Tasmania’s wild Franklin River when his greatest … Continue reading →