Clutch follows five women confronting midlife
With her sophomore novel, Clutch, Emily Nemens joins the ranks of creatives dissecting the challenges of womanhood and motherhood. The novel begins and ends with the reunion of five women who were once college roommates and are now long-distance best friends all turning 40. Nemens will appear at the 2026 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 17-18.
Life on the Octopus Farm considers the ethical and practical challenges of mass producing an extraordinary animal for human consumption
Book Excerpt: Printer’s Fist
In Henry Wise’s latest novel, an unknowable swampland hides dangerous secrets
Emilee Hackney traces her journey from Appalachia to Harvard
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