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Exploring the Undeniable Africanistic Presence in the American Literary Canon: Toni Morrison’s "Language as Liberation”

Toni Morrison, may she rest in power, was the author of eleven novels and three essay collections as well as the recipient of the Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes. Her distinctive voice and profound storytelling have been incredibly influential in shaping contemporary fiction and literary criticism; it is fruitless to try to describe the extent of her impa...


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In "Only God Can Judge Me,” Jeff Pearlman Provides a Nuanced View of the Short, Dynamic Life of Tupac Shakur

Jeff Pearlman’s Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur is a tutorial on the power of layered stories and dogged research in creating full-bodied protagonists and nuance. Even 29 years after Tupac Shakur was killed, ...


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Gapers’ Delay and Grief in "Just Watch Me”

The television channel TLC magnetized me as a child. In the dark hours of the evening between homework and the next day I secretly watched unputdownable series—My Strange Addiction, Hoarding: Buried Alive, Sister Wives—all sense of time lost. With an entire house asleep the ritual was not forbidden, but an unv...


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The Art of Turning Away in Daniel Poppick’s The Copywriter

We have to assume that as artists and writers, we all face moments—likely many—where we ask ourselves: What’s the point? Most of us will never grow wealthy from our craft. As for those who do, we often find ourselves questioning their artistic sincerity. Have they simply mastered the art of reducing their soul to a manageable, marketable as...


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When Good Intentions Blur: An Interview with Marisa Walz

I met Chicago author Marisa Walz at the Heartland Fall Forum in Indianapolis this year, where we spent a few days talking to Midwest booksellers about our forthcoming debuts. Good Intentions, Marisa’s psychological suspense debut, releases Feb...


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