A recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award
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Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere explores themes of mother-daughter
Darktown by Thomas Mullen does not pull punches. It is a tour de force with
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Renee Hodges, author of the memoir “Saving Bobby: Heroes and Heroin in One Small Community”
Originally from Louisiana, Renee Hodges has lived in Durham, North Carolina, for the past 30 years where she has established deep roots as a writer, community volunteer, and mother. Her book, Saving Bobby, is a moving memoir that chronicles her nephew Bobby's recovery -
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How Storytelling Can Guide Us: On Toni Morrison’s “God Help the Child”
As we near the end of 2017, our country continues to be embroiled in this year’s sexual harassment scandals from “How stupid could he have been to grope the air in front of a sleeping woman’s breasts?” to “How can a pedophile run for office and almost be elected to the US Senate?” The good news is that we are engaged in a long overdue dialogue ...