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Dim Lights, Dark Hallways

Yaa Gyasi’s new novel Transcendent Kingdom confronts the venerable question of whether science or religion better reveals the truth about life’s enduring mysteries. Theological questions such as the origin of…

Trapped in the Dusk

…reveal the real essence of the story: themes of healing and letting go and the connection between music, loss, and family. This gripping novel exemplifies how a mystery can be…

Hardship as Possibility

…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…

Grief, Guilt, and Greed

…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….

Unspoken Prayers

Ashleigh Bryant Phillips’ debut story collection, Sleepovers, is set in the rural northeast corner of North Carolina where she was born and raised. Her characters display plainspoken charm and a…

Making Sunshine, Nurturing Change

…the national conversation about racial injustices in America will change children’s book publishing for the better? Watson: I’m cautiously hopeful that change will come to children’s book publishing. Change ebbs…

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