Roseanne A. Brown’s ‘A Song of Wraiths and Ruin’ is buoyed by infectious energy
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Fantasy as a genre is often played out on a grand scale, but “A Song of Wraiths” understands the importance of the minute.
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Broken California dreams abound in Kate Milliken’s ‘Kept Animals’
Rory’s story, backed by a chorus of thousands, unfolds against a setting so richly developed, it is as if the Santa Ana winds themselves are turning the pages.
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Julia Alvarez mines poetry from grief in ‘Afterlife’
Alvarez’s terse realism, combined with her lilting writing style, is a combination that works well in service to the “telenovela material” she commits to the page.
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2 girls rule the world in Robin Talley’s ‘Music From Another World’
“Music From Another World” deserves a read because of its unique approach to depicting historical queerphobia.
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Hurricanes of tragedy bewitch in Fernanda Melchor’s ‘Hurricane Season’
Its beauty is representative of the beauty denied to the women whose suffering permeates every page.
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Bay Area Book Festival forges new paths in light of COVID-19 cancellation
For Parsons, seeing the literary community come together in this time of strife has been especially gratifying.
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Ruth Hogan brings delight, magic with ‘Queenie Malone’s Paradise Hotel’
Hogan’s diction throughout the novel is wonderfully refreshing and creative, with innovative, tongue-in-cheek metaphors.
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‘Books are essential’: How Counterpoint Press is staying strong in a virtual world
Hearing Fishmann talk about her work, it’s clear that the efficiency and efficacy of this virtual transition has been made possible because of the passion book publishers have for what they do.
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Rachel Harrison’s ‘The Return’ will return to you in nightmares
If you have been desperately yearning for a women-led horror novel that is bone-chilling and slow-building, Rachel Harrison’s debut novel “The Return” is the book for you.
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Pick up Paul Lisicky’s memoir ‘Later’ sooner rather than later
The memoir recounts Lisicky’s time there in the early 1990s, a time when Provincetown, a queer mecca, was heavily feeling the effects of the AIDS crisis.
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