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INTERVIEW: Emma Straub
An Interview with Emma Straub, as told to Dawn Nikithser Emma Straub is charming, personable, funny, and talented. Her novel, Laura Lamott’s Life in Pictures spectacularly showcases all four of those...
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INTERVIEW: S. M. Wheeler
An Interview with S. M. Wheeler, as told to Dawn Nikithser S. M. Wheeler’s debut novel Sea Change is part fairy tale, part feminist bildungsroman, part dream, part parable, and all marvelous. The...
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REVIEW: Sea Change by S. M. Wheeler
Sea Change S. M. Wheeler Review by Dawn Nikithser The path she took she sometimes walked in the late evening when the night slithered in hollows; she had never fallen on it. These steps she knew: over...
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QUICKIE: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore Robin Sloan Review by Dawn Nikithser ”This is more than a bookstore, as you have no doubt surmised. It is also a kind of library, one of many around the world. There is...
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QUICKIE: The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Dessert Cookbook by Brent Ridge, Josh...
The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Dessert Cookbook Brent Ridge, Josh Kilmer-Purcell, and Sandy Gluck Review by Dawn Nikithser An heirloom recipe is one that is made so frequently or holds such special esteem...
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The Twelve Days of Bookmas
The Twelve Days of Bookmas By Dawn Nikithser You’d think readers would be easy to buy for, but the truth is that we can be some of the biggest pains in the ass when it comes to gift occasions. Sure,...
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QUICKIE: Red Sky in Morning by Paul Lynch
Red Sky in Morning Paul Lynch Review by Dawn Nikithser Outside a man’s voice was echoing excitedly in the street. Faller belted his gun and leaned slowly towards the two women and put his huge hands...
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REVIEW: Feral Youth by Polly Courtney
Feral Youth Polly Courtney Review by Dawn Nikithser Reggie Bell is dead. JJ says we saw him get shanked last night, but really and truly, I didn’t see nothing. It was all just a blur of hoods—a mad...
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REVIEW: Etched on Me by Jenn Crowell
Etched on Me Jenn Crowell Review by Dawn Nikithser I put in my cheap earbuds now and pressed play. The CD I had going was a mix I’d made called “Best of the Screaming Women,” mainly to annoy the shit...
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QUICKIE: Parasite by Mira Grant
Parasite Mira Grant Review by Dawn Nikithser Red Gatorade looks a lot like blood when it’s filling a toilet basin. I stayed on my knees in front of the bowl, bracing my hands against the floor while I...
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