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Read Features & Reviews Reviews Beyond Beowulf: Maria Dahvana Headley’s The Mere Wife Gabino IglesiasAugust 29, 2018 In this novel, the women control everything.Read
Read Features & Reviews Poetry Reviews A Legacy of Wisdom: The Final Voicemails by Max Ritvo Risa DenenbergAugust 24, 2018 Is death a miracle or destruction?Read
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Read Features & Reviews Poetry Reviews Hidden Just Beyond View: Jenny George’s The Dream of Reason Dana AlsamsamAugust 17, 2018 George interrupts us, clears her throat, makes us listen.Read
Read Features & Reviews Reviews Finding Her Way: The Devoted by Blair Hurley Maikie PajeAugust 15, 2018 [W]hat do you do when you meet the Buddha on the road?Read