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Author Archives: chsummie

An Excerpt from Adele Holmes’s debut novel, Winter’s Reckoning
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An Excerpt from Adele Holmes’s debut novel, Winter’s Reckoning

Posted on May 3, 2022 by chsummie • Leave a comment

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
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An Excerpt from Maureen Oehler DuRant’s debut poetry collection, Skirmishes on the Oakie-Irish Border

Posted on March 1, 2022 by chsummie • Leave a comment

“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
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An Excerpt from R. Cathey Daniels’s debut novel, Live Caught

Posted on February 1, 2022 by chsummie • Leave a comment

“He’d been lucky. Lucky to escape.” Continue reading →

An Excerpt from Kimberly Garrett Brown’s debut novel, Cora’s Kitchen
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An Excerpt from Kimberly Garrett Brown’s debut novel, Cora’s Kitchen

Posted on November 16, 2021 by chsummie • Leave a comment

“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, <em>Nermina’s Chance</em>
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An Excerpt from Dina Greenberg’s novel, Nermina’s Chance

Posted on July 20, 2021 by chsummie • 22 Comments

“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, <em>Odyssey of Ashes</em>
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An Excerpt from Cheryl Krauter’s memoir, Odyssey of Ashes

Posted on April 13, 2021 by chsummie • Leave a comment

“You can’t go alone,” Diane says… Continue reading →

An Excerpt from Deborah K. Shepherd’s debut novel, <em>So Happy Together</em>
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An Excerpt from Deborah K. Shepherd’s debut novel, So Happy Together

Posted on December 15, 2020 by chsummie • 2 Comments

“Peter never stuttered when he was on stage.” Continue reading →

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