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Anand Prahlad, “The Secret Life of a Black Aspie: A Memoir” (U Alaska Press, 2017)

Anand Prahlad
The Secret Life of a Black Aspie
A Memoir
University of Alaska Press, 2017

New Books in African American Studies New Books in American Studies New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Biography New Books in Folklore New Books in Literature New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network April 17, 2019 Rachel Hopkin

Anand Prahlad was born on a former plantation in Virginia in 1954. This memoir, vividly internal, powerfully lyric, and brilliantly impressionistic, is his story. For the first four years of his life, Prahlad didn’t speak. But his silence didn’t stop him from communicating—or communing—with the strange, numinous world he found... Read More

Kelly J. Beard
An Imperfect Rapture

Zone 3 Press, 2018

New Books in American Studies New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Biography New Books in Christian Studies New Books in Gender Studies New Books in Literature New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Religion & Faith April 15, 2019 Zoë Bossiere

Many of you listening to this now probably recall growing up in a household of faith. You may have fond memories of the familiar rituals, the holidays, the shared family values. A weekly service at a church, a temple or a mosque. For many worshippers, religion can provide a sense... Read More

Stephen Hough
The Final Retreat

Sylph Editions, 2018

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Literature New Books Network April 12, 2019 Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed

The Final Retreat (Sylph Editions, 2018) is a debut novel of Stephen Hough, a world-renowned concert pianist and composer. The novel narrates a story of a priest Joseph Flynn, who undergoes a deep emotional and psychological confusion that arises out of his devotion to religion and his desire to be... Read More

Charlie Jane Anders
The City in the Middle of the Night

Tor Books, 2019

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Literature New Books in Science Fiction New Books Network April 11, 2019 Rob Wolf

Charlie Jane Anders’ The City in the Middle of the Night (Tor Books, 2019) is a coming of age story about Sophie, a young woman trying to forge her identity on a planet of rigid social classes, harsh climate and frightening aliens. Feeling hopelessly out of place, Sophie ventures where no human... Read More

Sara Tantlinger
The Devil’s Dreamland
Poetry Inspired by H.H. Holmes
StrangeHouse Books, 2018

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Literature New Books in Poetry New Books Network April 9, 2019 Andrea Blythe

In The Devil’s Dreamland: Poetry Inspired by H.H. Holmes (StrangeHouse Books, 2018), Sara Tantlinger intertwines fact and speculation to examine inner workings of H.H. Holmes, a man who committed ghastly crimes in the late 19th century and who is often credited with being America’s first serial killer. Narratively arranged, these... Read More