Please note: What follows is the first two paragraphs of a review I wrote of Regina Porter's new novel The Rich People Have Gone Away fo...

My friends at Book Riot went viral again (re-viral?) this week for a December 2020 post enumerating 15 books you should read about Appalachi...

If you've already perused  LitHub's massive list of 2024 most anticipated books for the second half, let me offer you (better late ...

Here's a weird coincidence -- or maybe it's not a coincidence at all. Three of my five favorite books of 2024 so far are by writers ...

The title and cover art of Margo's Got Money Troubles , by Rufi Thorpe, make it seem like one of those breezy reads about a quirky, cool...