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Tailspin and Other Stories by Pat Matsueda Review by Steve Heller Publishers: El León Literary Arts and Mānoa Books Publication Date: 2025 ISBN: 979-8-9873718-6-2 Pages: 36 A Little of Everything: Bringing Life ...

Tailspin and Other Stories by Pat Matsueda, Review by Steve Heller

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Alice, or the Wild Girl by Michael Robert Liska Reviewer: Kazuo Robinson Publisher: Heresy Press Publication Date: September 9, 2025 ISBN: 9781949846720 Pages: 408 “Never love a wild thing,” Holly Golightly ...

Alice, or the Wild Girl by Michael Robert Liska Reviewed by Kazuo Robinson

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Creature Needs: Writers Respond to the Science of Animal Conservation. Edited by Christopher Kondrich, Lucy Spelman, and Susan Tacent Reviewed by Trish Zimmerman Publisher: University of Minnesota Press Publication Date: ...

Creature Needs Edited by Christopher Kondrich et al. Reviewed by Trish Zimmerman

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Acts by Spencer Reece Reviewed by Alexis David Publisher: ‎Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publication date: ‎May 28, 2024 Print length‏: ‎128 pages ISBN: 978-0374100834 Love, Doubt, Wonder, Faith:  A Review of ...

Acts by Spencer Reece Reviewed by Alexis David

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Boneyard Heresies by Tina SchumannReviewed by Sarah Carey Publisher: Moon City Press Publication Date: February 3, 2025ISBN: 978-0-913785-75-1Page Count: 98 pages To borrow a ubiquitous phrase, poet Tina ...

Boneyard Heresies by Tina Schumann Reviewed by Sarah Carey

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A Brief History of the Midwest by Andrew Grace Reviewed by  Christopher Blackman Publisher: Black Lawrence Press Publication Date: May 27, 2025 ISBN: 9781625571588 Page Numbers: 92 “History is really the history ...

A Brief History of the Midwest by Andrew Grace Reviewed by Christopher Blackman

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Plum by Andy Anderegg Reviewer: Kelly Dasta Publisher: Hub City Writers Project Publication Date: April 8, 2025 ISBN: 9798885740463 Page Numbers: 232  “There are no good stories in second person,” is something ...

Plum by Andy Anderegg Reviewed By Kelly Dasta

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A Tipsy Fairy Tale (A Coming of Age Memoir of Alcohol and Redemption) by Peter E. Murphy Review By Charles H. Lynch Publisher: Toplight, an imprint of McFarland  & Company, Inc. ISBN: 9-781476-695365 Publication ...

A Tipsy Fairy Tale (A Coming of Age Memoir of Alcohol and Redemption) by Peter E. Murphy Review By Charles H. Lynch

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Son of a Bird by Nin Andrews Review by Beth Gylys Publisher: Etruscan Press Publication Date: April 29, 2025 ISBN: 979-8988198598 Pages: 133 Whether writing about orgasms or childhood illness, Nin Andrews—author ...

Son of a Bird by Nin Andrews Review by Beth Gylys

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