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Alice C. Early, “The Moon Always Rising” (She Writes Press, 2020)
Alice C. Early
The Moon Always Rising

She Writes Press, 2020

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Literature May 29, 2020 GP Gottlieb

At the dawn of the new millennium, Els Gordon finds herself adrift – she’s in mourning for her fiancé and her father, she’s lost the inheritance of her Scottish Highlands estate, her mother left when she was two-years-old but it her only living relative, she’s about to be unemployed, and... Read More
Kathryn H. Ross, “Black Was Not a Label” (Pronto, 2019)
Kathryn H. Ross
Black Was Not a Label

Pronto, 2019

New Books in African American StudiesNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in LiteratureNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in PoetryNew Books Network May 28, 2020 Athena Dixon

Kathryn H. Ross has found a balance. Between past and present. Between self and ancestors. Between self-discovery and continuous growth. In her hybrid collection, Black Was Not a Label, Ross invites readers into a life unfurling. Through the lenses of natural hair, faith, and microaggressions, she lights a path to... Read More
Megan E. O’Keefe, “Velocity Weapon” (Orbit, 2019)
Megan E. O'Keefe
Velocity Weapon
The Protectorate, Book 1
Orbit, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in LiteratureNew Books in Science FictionNew Books Network May 28, 2020 Rob Wolf

Velocity Weapon (Orbit, 2019) by Megan E. O’Keefe centers on siblings: Biran, a member of an elite cadre that controls the interstellar gates by which humans travel among star systems, and his sister, Sanda, a gunner who finds herself waking 230 years after her last battle on an empty, enemy... Read More
S. M. Hardy, “The Evil Within” (Allison and Busby, 2020)
S. M. Hardy
The Evil Within

Allison and Busby, 2020

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in FantasyNew Books in LiteratureNew Books Network May 22, 2020 Gabrielle Mathieu

Jim, our narrator, experiences a crisis of conscience in the wake of the possible suicide of his girlfriend. He quits his high-paying job seizing assets for a loan company and moves to a small village near the seaside to get away from it all. With no plans to occupy himself,... Read More
Chip Jacobs, “Arroyo” (Rare Birds Books, 2019)
Chip Jacobs
Arroyo

Rare Birds Books, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Historical FictionNew Books in Literature May 22, 2020 GP Gottlieb

Two guys named Nick Chance, both with clairvoyant dogs named Royo, both inventors living in Pasadena, California – in 1913 and 1993. The original Nick, who starts out working on an ostrich farm, is drawn to the Colorado Street Bridge and manages to meet some of the great personalities of... Read More
Caridad Svich, “The Hour of All Things and Other Plays” (Intellect Books, 2018)
Caridad Svich
The Hour of All Things and Other Plays

Intellect Books, 2018

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in LiteratureNew Books in Performing Arts May 20, 2020 Andy Boyd

The Hour of All Things and Other Plays (Intellect Books, 2018) collects four plays by Caridad Svich, a 2012 OBIE for Lifetime Achievement playwright. The plays take place in Venezuela, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southwest Detroit, as well as cyberspace and the place of dreams. In these works, Svich interrogates themes... Read More
Chris Fleming, “On Drugs” (Giramondo Publishing, 2019)
Chris Fleming
On Drugs

Giramondo Publishing, 2019

New Books in Australian and New Zealand StudiesNew Books in BiographyNew Books in Drugs, Addiction and RecoveryNew Books in LiteratureNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & Society May 14, 2020 Matthew Thompson

“After I’d finished my rapid-fire history of self-justification he paused and then said, deadpan and rural-Australian-slow: ‘Right. Ok. So how is that all working out for you?'” On Drugs (Giramondo Publishing, 2019) explores Australian philosopher Chris Fleming’s experience of addiction, which begins when he is a student at the University... Read More
Marco Rafalà, “How Fires End” (Little A, 2019)
Marco Rafalà
How Fires End

Little A, 2020

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Italian StudiesNew Books in LiteratureNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books Network May 12, 2020 GP Gottlieb

In a sad but loving tribute to his Sicilian-Italian heritage, Marco Rafala’s debut novel How Fires End (Little A, 2019) centers on the haunting legacy of WWII on the people of a small Sicilian village. It’s the summer of 1943 and an unexploded mortar shell kills 9-year-old Salvatore’s twin brothers.... Read More

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