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Phil Christman, "Midwest Futures" (Belt Publish...
What does the future hold for the Midwest?
61 min
1427
Gabrielle Mathieu, "Girl of Fire" (Five Directi...
In the fantasy medieval land of Trea—a conservative society that despite its worship of the goddess Amur respects her human daughters only as wives and mothers—eighteen-year-old Berona has limited expectations for her future...
37 min
1428
Kristen Millares Young, "Subduction" (Red Hen P...
Young provides a lyrical exploration of cultural encounters in the Pacific Northwest...
53 min
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Michael Zapata, "The Lost Book of Adana Moreau"...
In 1916, Adana Moreau’s parents are killed by American Marines. She flees to Santo Domingo and then to New Orleans. There, she marries a pirate...
28 min
1430
Nino Cipri, "Homesick: Stories" (Dzanc Books, 2...
When Nino Cipri entered the Dzanc Short Story Collection Contest, they had no expectation of winning, so when they won, they were shocked...
43 min
1431
Martín Prechtel, "The Disobedience of the Daugh...
Prechtel introduces the unique stories he heard when he lived among the Tzutujil Mayan people in the village of Santiago Atitlan in the Guatemalan highlands...
71 min
1432
Joan Schweighardt, "Gifts for the Dead" (Five D...
As "Gifts for the Dead" opens, it is 1911 and the heroine, Nora Sweeney, is waiting for bad news in Hoboken, NJ...
33 min
1433
Abdullah Qodiriy, "Bygone Days" (Bowker, 2019)
Mark Reese’s recent translation of Abdullah Qodiriy’s 1920s novel "Bygone Days" brings an exemplary piece of modern Uzbek literature to English-speaking audiences...
61 min
1434
Brad Balukjian, "The Wax Pack: On the Open Road...
A combination of Charles Kuralt and Lawrence Ritter, Balukjian’s work examines 14 baseball players pulled from a pack of 1986 Topps baseball cards...
35 min
1435
Sarah Kozloff, "The Nine Realms" (Tor, 2020)
Sarah Kozloff does her world building gradually and carefully, introducing you to a few characters you get to know and care for, before moving on to other lands and cultures...
37 min
1436
Kameron Hurley, "The Light Brigade" (Saga Press...
Some war stories emphasize heroism and a higher purpose; others emphasize brutality and disillusionment...
42 min
1437
Lowell Mick White, "Burnt House" (Buffalo Times...
After her parents' divorce, Jackie Stalnaker is sent to her grandmother’s dilapidated house in a tiny town in West Virginia...
21 min
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Christina Adams, "Camel Crazy" (New World Libra...
Adams' son is on the autistic spectrum, and her love for him becomes a beautiful and passionate engine that ultimately leads her to start a movement that may just transform how we see camels and how we see and treat autism...
47 min
1439
Katharine Dion, "The Dependents" (Back Bay Book...
'The Dependents' is a sensitive novel about love, parenthood, friendship, and finding contentment...
27 min
1440
Priya Sharm, "Ormeshadow" (Tor.com, 2019)
Priya Sharm's 'Ormeshadow' is about more about human beasts than the actual dragon that slumbers under the earth...
37 min
1441
Becca Klaver, "Ready for the World" (Black Lawr...
Klaver reminds us that no matter the digital distance between us we are never quite alone...
34 min
1442
Mike Chen, "A Beginning at the End" (MIRA, 2020)
36 min
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Mark Barr, "Watershed" (Hub City Press, 2019)
It’s 1937 and rural Tennessee is still recovering from the Great Depression. The construction of a huge dam brings job seekers, fortune hunters, and the promise of electricity to the area...
24 min
1444
Serena Burdick, "The Girls with No Names" (Park...
Burdick turns a spotlight on the world of “Magdalene laundries” and the many nameless women who passed through them...
34 min
1445
Donald Morrill, "Impetuous Sleeper" (Mid-List P...
"Impetuous Sleeper" offers us an interesting opportunity to talk about a part of publishing world that we often don’t talk about: what happens when your publisher closes and your book goes out of print?
47 min
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Jason Brown, "A Faithful but Melancholy Account...
John Howland and his descendants struggle with their New England legacy as one of the country's founding families and the decaying trappings of that esteemed past..
34 min
1447
Abdulhamid Sulaymon o’g’li Cho’lpon, "Night and...
Fort gives readers a chance to dive into the world of early 20th century Uzbek literature and understand the complex social problems of late Russian imperial Turkestan...
44 min
1448
Seanan McGuire, "Middlegame" (Tor.com, 2019)
McGuire sees elements of a “modern Frankenstein” in her novel about a brother and sister created by a ruthless alchemist...
29 min
1449
Jim Rossi, "Cleantech Con Artists: A True Vegas...
Rossi tells the real life story of his effort to get to the bottom of confidence men in the modern American West...
34 min
1450
Christopher Brown, "Rule of Capture" (Harper Vo...
A crash course in the law as well as a darkly humorous thriller, Christopher Brown’s "Rule of Capture" should make you think hard about the importance of law and its implications for citizens...
65 min