In September, Black Lawrence Press will release Jill Stukenberg’s powerful, timely, and haunting debut novel, News of the Air, which won the 2021 Big Moose Prize. Continue reading
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An Excerpt from Adele Holmes’s debut novel, Winter’s Reckoning
In August, She Writes Press will release Adele Holmes’s debut novel, Winter’s Reckoning, which won an Honorable Mention in the 2021 William Faulkner Literary Competition. Continue reading
An Excerpt from Maureen Oehler DuRant’s debut poetry collection, Skirmishes on the Oakie-Irish Border
“DuRant’s poems skirmish at the fraught edges of language, winning ground page by page “in a battle to claim turf where tongues can hold their own.” ” Continue reading
An Excerpt from R. Cathey Daniels’s debut novel, Live Caught
“He’d been lucky. Lucky to escape.” Continue reading
An Excerpt from Kimberly Garrett Brown’s debut novel, Cora’s Kitchen
“Dear Langston,
I read one of your poems a few days ago and thought I would write you a letter…” Continue reading
An Excerpt from Dina Greenberg’s novel, Nermina’s Chance
“By now Nermina understands the presence of the white UN vehicles throughout Sarajevo will do little to stave off the siege; only these men who drive the trucks—Bosnian Muslims and Croats—have a chance of delivering Nermina and the others to the relative safety of the airport tunnel.” Continue reading
An Excerpt from Cheryl Krauter’s memoir, Odyssey of Ashes
“You can’t go alone,” Diane says… Continue reading
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