In Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom, a neuroscientist tries to makes sense of her family’s unraveling
…prowess — so that Transcendent Kingdom tells several stories simultaneously. Alongside Gifty’s bildungsroman is her family’s story of immigration, from the tightly woven social fabric of Ghana to the isolation…
Erica Waters’ Ghost Wood Song is a suspenseful story about grief, bravery, and growing up
…unable to stop, even as he risked his own safety and his family’s. Only after a freak car accident took his life and destroyed his fiddle did Shady’s family move…
Contemporary Appalachian writers profile one another in Step into the Circle
…of House make a modern, emotional impression. Will Warasila’s portraits of Junaluska are even more striking than his landscape shots, which grace a number of the book’s overleaves. Mallory Cash’s…
Communing with the dead is good business in Helene Dunbar’s Prelude for Lost Souls
…of ghost stories and mysteries alike will enjoy following the unlikely threads Dunbar weaves into spooky surprises in this dark novel, upending many traditional tropes along the way. In St….
Ashleigh Bryant Phillips weaves a transcendent tapestry of stories in Sleepovers
…blood and proximity. Called “incantatory” by Lauren Groff, who judged it as the winner of the C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize, Sleepovers is a transcendent tapestry of stories….
Acclaimed children’s author Renée Watson talks about inspiration, collaboration, and activism
…to Ramona Quimby more than once. Does that have any special meaning to you? As a child, did you read Beverly Cleary’s books? Renée Watson: Yes, I grew up reading…
