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Solito by Javier Zamora

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Solito by Javier Zamora This memoir pulled at my gut. I was extremely impressed by the author’s ability to stay in the mind and voice of his nine-year-old self. If I hadn’t known he would survive his seven week journey from El Salvador to the US in order to grow up…
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Sustainability in Publishing and in Life

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The essay "Sustainability in Publishing and in Life" originally appeared on Jeannie's Substack. Subscribe here for monthly updates! Sustainability was a primary motivation for our getting into farming, however, the principles have seeped into every aspect of my life, including…
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James by Percival Everett

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James by Percival Everett In this retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Percival Everett gives us enslaved Jim's point of view. This book epitomizes why retellings of classic literature are necessary - we may know the original was racist in its orientation but…
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Day by Michael Cunningham

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Day by Michael Cunningham This novel is wonderful for its in-depth character portrayals. Cunningham takes very authentic and simple domestic situations and makes them the subject of this beautifully paced work. A generation of young parents and their inquisitive children,…
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Where were you four years ago? COVID in the rearview (and the writing)

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Four years ago this month, our nation shut down with the onset of the COVID pandemic. Thinking back on those days still elicits painful memories of confusion, disruption, and terrible loss. We each have unique stories of how COVID impacted our lives. The first half of 2020 irreversibly…
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Writing Daughter of a Promise, a Biblical Retelling

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This essay was originally published on Women Writers, Women's Books. Some people assume writing a third novel must be easier than writing the first, which is true to some degree only because one knows what to expect: that they are in for a long, winding, doubt-ridden journey. When…
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The Nine

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Eden: A Novel

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