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The Glorious Pastime: Anjali Enjeti

…an examination of “the personal costs of starting over in the face of tragedy, whether those tragedies are intimate losses or shockwaves of upheaval across an entire continent.” To mark…

Father Knows Best

…it until he mentioned it, but I could see it in pictures. The lack of communication in the band seems almost comical, from a reader’s remove — Hembree often didn’t…

Not the End of the World

…the arms of Knox. Margot’s arrival hastens Tiffany’s departure, in the ultimate sense — until, that is, we learn more about the mini-black hole that Tiffany has posthumously created near…

The Glorious Pastime: Mary Laura Philpott

…didn’t make me eat my words. It’s always great to dive into a book you know you’ll love and have it uphold expectations, but pleasant surprise is fun, too. Chapter…

The Third Pillar of the Community

In the tumultuous decades after the Civil War, African American communities all over the country established fraternal and benevolent organizations. Some, such as the Prince Hall Masons, paralleled white organizations…

Storytellers with Loud Guitars

…order to fully understand their music, it helps to consider it in geographic and cultural terms, each song depicting another acre of their Dirty South. This travelogue approach also allows…

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