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“Maybe joy and suffering are the same subjects brushed in different hues—not either or, but both and. Coexistent. They are lovers with clas...

“I decided right there to play it safe: one full week to detox from my sisters. Because family and opioids really aren’t so different. Both...

I’ve read all three of Charlotte McConaghy’s books now, and each one has been a 5-star read for me. They’re intense, tremendously thought-p...

Bleak and emotional, but beautifully written, Welcome Home, Stranger is a story about the scars we bear from our family, the resentments a...

I don’t read many nonfiction or essay collections, but when I saw that R. Eric Thomas had written a follow-up to his fantastic Here for It ...

This is a moving and beautifully evocative story of a young woman who follows her heart. It’s 1948. Ever since her mother, aunt, and cous...

What happens when a woman who’s always off finding adventure connects with a man who’s never had one? Ever since Carla’s mother left when...

The latest novel by Lydia Millet is one of those excellent character-driven books that surprises you with how much you love it. I’d never...

A powerful, poignant book about a world being destroyed by climate change, a story about love, loss, and family, both biological and chosen...

What happens when everything you know about your life is suddenly proven wrong? That's the question at the core of Rosie Walsh's ne...

Legends of the North Cascades is a beautifully written, ambitious story about love, survival, and recovery. After his third tour in Iraq...

The newest book by Richard Powers, Bewilderment is a gorgeous and poignant meditation on the world around us and the relationship between ...

Once There Were Wolves , Charlotte McConaghy's latest novel, is a beautiful, haunting look at the destructive effects we can have on th...

Braden Hofeling's The Long Road Home is a beautifully written and heartfelt collection of poems, prose, and personal essays. So, wha...

The Houseplant is a surprisingly heartwarming story about the most unlikely of subjects. (Yes, the title is literally what the story is ab...

Charlotte McConaghy's Migrations is haunting, poignant, and thought-provoking. Wow. This was definitely what I'd call a "Bo...

After reading Therese Anne Fowler's new novel, A Good Neighborhood , all I can say, in the words of Keanu Reeves in many of his early m...

Aren’t friends and family supposed to be there for you? Why do you have to face things alone? In Jack Kerouac is Dead to Me , JL (short f...

I'll admit, I have a straight-up obsession with Alaska. Of course, I'm far from the roughing-it type, so my appreciation of the ...

I'm honored to be part of the blog tour for Erica Bauermeister's incredibly memorable new novel, The Scent Keeper . Scents provid...