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Book Review: The Sunflower by Richard Paul Evans: A Story of Love and Adventure

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Bhavya Dabas

The Sweetgum Ladies Knit for Love: A Novel by Beth Pattillo

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Kelley Huston

Minor Men in The Bell Jar: Important Male Supporting Characters in Sylvia Plath’s Only Novel

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

SpendMore Time With Your Family Through Reading: Book Review of How to Start a Mother Daughter Book Club

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By: Christine Musser

Snapshots: 20th Century Mother–Daughter Fiction: Review of the Short Essay Wicked Girl

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By: Christine Musser

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane Book Review: The Salem Witch Trials Get Retold

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By: David Tubbs

Playing House By Fredrica Wagman: A Review of the Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Edition

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By: Feature Writer Krista Sadlers

Christopher Moore's Fool – A Review: The Jester Surpasses the Master

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By: David Tubbs

Heavens to Betsy by Beth Pattillo: Book Review of Funny Romantic Novel

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By: Michelle Pannecoucke

Minor Women in The Bell Jar: Important Female Supporting Characters in Sylvia Plath’s Only Novel

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Lady of the Roses Book Review: Sandra Worth's Unique Look Into England's War of the Roses

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Beth Hinds

Austenland Book Review: Travel Back In Time to England's Regency Era

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By: Beth Hinds

Truman Capote's A Thanksgiving Visitor: Capote's Second Tale of Buddy and Miss Sook

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By: Amanda Flinner

Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory: Capote Revisits Childhood in Classic Tale of Unlikely Friendship

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By: Amanda Flinner

Main Characters in The Bell Jar: Understanding the People in Sylvia Plath’s Only Novel

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

The Sound of Sleigh Bells: A Novel by Cindy Woodsmall

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By: Kelley Huston

The Protagonist in Plath's Novel: The Main Character in The Bell Jar

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

The Short Stories of Albert Maltz: Classic Examples of American Protest Literature

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By: Admassu Kebede

The Code of the West ín Louis L'Amour Novels: Examples of Cowboy Character and Ethics

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By: Timothy Fowler

Literature Review, William Gibson – Neuromancer: Establishing the Cyberpunk Genre, Dark Noir Science Fiction

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By: Feature Writer Nicholas Morine

Duplicity Dogged the Dachshund – Blaize Clement: Author of Curiosity Killed the Cat Pleases Pet Owners, Mystery Fans

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By: Feature Writer Bonnye Good

What to Read After Kostova's The Historian: Where to Find More Great Historical Mystery Novels

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By: David Tubbs

Book Review – Into the Beautiful North: Luis Alberto Urrea’s Dual Portrait of Mexico and America

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Michelle Bailat-Jones

Book Review of Homeland by Barbara Hambly: Fictional Intimate Tale of Two Women During the American Civil War

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By: Feature Writer Bonnye Good

The Condition by Jennifer Haigh: A Contemporary Novel About Secret Family Relationships

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By: Feature Writer Martha R. Gore

S.E Hinton on Writing The Outsiders & Others. Author Reminisces About Being Allowed on Set During Filming.

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Jennifer Laidlaw

Laura Ingalls Wilder's Thankful Heart: Understanding the True Meaning of Thanksgiving

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Five Novels With an Earthquake in the Plot: Fictional Quakes Occur in Different Settings and Time Frames

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Marie Brannon

Playing House – A fascinating & Disturbing Read: A Novel by Frederica Wagman

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By: Kelley Huston

Playing House – A Book Review: A Major Literary Force From Fredrica Wagman

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By: My Nguyen

Book Review – A Daughter's Inheritance Review: The Intricately Crafted First Instalment of the Broadmoor Legacy

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Nicole Barlow

Symbolism in The Tortilla Curtain: All Classes of People Live According to Their Animal Instincts

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

The Hope of Refuge by Cindy Woodsmall: An Ada's House Novel

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By: Kelley Huston

Juvenalian Satire in The Tortilla Curtain: T.C. Boyle Reveals the Flawed Structure of American Culture

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Laura Ingalls Wilder Thinks On Freedom: Freedom is Found in Goodness and Obedience

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Review of Farmer Boy: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Book About Her Husband’s Childhood

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

The Symbolism of the Coyote: Canis latrans in T.C. Boyle’s Novel The Tortilla Curtain

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

"Landstrike" Aims for Hollywood: New Book Realistically Details a Hurricane Hit to New York

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By: Devan Stuart

Review of Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper: Does a Child Have the Right to Make Their Own Medical Decisions?

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Julie Ackendorf

Review of The Tortilla Curtain: T.C. Boyle’s Sixth Novel Deals With Immigration

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver: A Review of The Poisonwood Bible Author's Latest Work

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By: Lindsey Mason

A Look At The Art of Racing in the Rain: Garth Stein's Entertaining Novel About Denny Swift and Enzo The Dog

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By: Mckenzie Cassidy

Review of Plath's Novel The Bell Jar: Sylvia Plath’s Semi-Autobiographical Book

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Zelda Fitzgerald: The Passion of Madness

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By: Paula Marie Deubel

When the Soul Mends by Cindy Woodsmall: Sisters of the Quilt Book 3

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By: Kelley Huston

When the Morning Comes by Cindy Woodsmall: Sisters of the Quilt Book 2

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By: Kelley Huston

When the Heart Cries by Cindy Woodsmall: Sisters of the Quilt, Book One

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By: Kelley Huston

Review of Wally Lamb's I Know This Much Is True: Trying to Understand Schizophrenia in Your Identical Twin

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Nadine Visagie

The Giver by Lois Lowry Provokes Thought: A Young Adult Novel Provides Insight for All Ages

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Wendy Roltgen

Quoted in Young's Novel The Shack: Epigraphs Used By William P. Young Chapters 11-12

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Ayn Rand's Timeless Writing Style: Writings From Novel Atlas Shrugged

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By: Feature Writer Patricia Faulhaber

Atlas Shrugged Book Review: Ayn Rand’s Great American Novel

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By: Feature Writer Patricia Faulhaber

Madness in Truman Capote's "Miriam": Teenage Author Haunts Readers With his Earliest Short Fiction Piece

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By: Amanda Flinner

The Warning Signs in Fahrenheit 451: Bradbury’s Message About Literature and Technology in Society

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Feature Writer Jenna Galley

Themes of The Catcher in the Rye: Holden Caulfield and the 'phonies' of New York

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Matthew Delman

Review: The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder: Rebecca Wells' Latest Louisiana-Based Book is a Nice Summer Read

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By: Liane Tsui

South of Broad by Pat Conroy: Manners, Mayhem, Murder and Love in the Deep South

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Dindy Yokel

Matt Braun's "Kinch Riley" is Irresistible: This Western is Riveting and a Compelling Read

In: American Fiction (general)

By: R.L. Coffield

Richard Dawkins – The Selfish Gene: Dawkins Believes People Can Overcome the Trait of Being Selfish

In: American Fiction (general)

By: John Hansen

James Lovelock – Cybernetics: Lovelock Argues to Look at Object's Performance for Better Insight

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By: John Hansen

Susan Orlean – The Maui Surfer Girls: The Girls Represent How Carefree and Untroubled Life Can Truly Be

In: American Fiction (general)

By: John Hansen

Albert Goldbarth -- After Yitzl: Goldbarth Incorporates Past Events to Explain the Inevitable End

In: American Fiction (general)

By: John Hansen

William S. Burroughs: Revisiting the Life and Fiction of the Beats' Phantom Elder

In: American Fiction (general)

By: William Padgett

Driftwood Summer by Patti Callahan Henry: Saving a Family, a Bookstore and Finding Love

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Dindy Yokel

Quotes Found in The Shack: Epigraphs Used By William P. Young Chapters 6-10

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Review of African Culture and Melville's Art: Sterling Stuckey's Cultural Analysis of Moby-Dick and Benito Cereno

In: American Fiction (general)

By: William Padgett

Review of Hunt's Novel The Elevator: Angela Hunt Writes About Being Trapped in an Elevator

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Heroic Parody in Twain's Huckleberry Finn: The Creation of an Ironic Anti-Hero In American Literature

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Ryan Werner

Summary of Mark Twain's Letters From the Earth: America's Foremost Humor Writer Looks at the Absurdities of Religion

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Ryan Werner

Generation Shift in Updike's Short Story "A & P": A Literary Look At the Cultural Change From the 1950s to the 1960s

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Ryan Werner

Black House by Stephen King & Peter Straub: Sequel to The Talisman

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Robert Deskoski

Diversity in The Shack: Gentiles and Sinners, Saints and Winners in Young’s Novel

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Depths of the Soul in The Shack: William P Young Rejects Naval Gazing

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

The Shack and a New Cosmology: The Cosmos is Made of Light and Darkness

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Environmentalism in The Shack: Subdue the Earth Versus Environmentalism In Young’s Novel

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Grief in The Shack: William P. Young Invites People to Let Go

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Personal Divinity in Young's The Shack: Where Creativity Fits in Christians’ Relationship with God

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

A Call to Darkness in The Shack: An Invitation to Enter Into the Black Depths of the Soul

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Yoga in The Shack: Does William P. Young Celebrate the Lower Charkas?

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Quoted in The Shack: Epigraphs Used By William P. Young in Chapters 1-5

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Receive Me Falling by Erika Robuck Book Review: The 1800s Meet the 2000s in This Fascinating Novel

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By: Feature Writer Francine Brokaw

"To The Last Man" is a Great Zane Grey Classic: This May be the Finest Western/ Historical Fiction Book Ever Written

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By: R.L. Coffield

Book Review – Gates of Eden by Ethan Coen: Coen Brother’s Intriguing Short Story Collection

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Ferdi Mehmet

Vision as Used in Raymond Carver's Cathedral: A Look at the Use of Style and Theme In a Classic Short Story

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Ryan Werner

Theory in Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms: Lukács and Marxist Criticism Versus Brooks and New Criticism

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Sandra Causey

Literature Review – Steinbeck, The Moon is Down: John Steinbeck's Novel Explores Subversion, Resistance to Occupation

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By: Feature Writer Nicholas Morine

New Criticism in A Farewell to Arms: Cleanth Brooks' Sylvan Historian in Hemingway's Novel

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Sandra Causey

The Darkly Funny World of Edward Gorey: Gilded Bats, Epiplectic Bicycles, and Other Macabre Oddities

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Irene Tanner-Yuen

Mojave Crossing Still Spellbinding: Louis L'Amour's Classic Westerns Still Captivate Readers of Today

In: American Fiction (general)

By: R.L. Coffield

Review of Jodi Picoult's Vanishing Acts: Is a Kidnapping Ever Justified?

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Julie Ackendorf

Barn Burning: A Review of William Faulkner’s Short Story

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By: Jessica Scott

Breakfast with Buddha by Roland Merullo: Travel Journal, Spiritual Awakening, Some Buddhism

In: American Fiction (general)

By: V. Wayne Hughes

A Sit-down With Supervert: A Glimpse Into the Mind of an Underground Author

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Magdalene Sullivan

The First Sullivan Crisp Book: Review of Nancy Rue and Stephen Arterburn’s Novel Healing Stones

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

A Brief Study of The Day of the Locust: Nathanael West's Apocalyptic Tale and Artistic Fear

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Adam Burgess

Review of The Rooftops of Tehran: A Look at Mahbod Seraji’s Eloquent Début Novel

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Supporting Characters in Hard Times: Review of Minor Characters in Charles Dickens’ Novel

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By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Anthem – A Book Review: An Evaluation and Summary of One of Ayn Rand's Earliest Novels

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Jessica Scott

Pearl Cleage Leaves Her Mark on West Philadelphi: Handprints in the Bushfire Theatre Walk of Fame

In: American Fiction (general)

By: Rhonda Campbell

Book Review – The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake: The Posthumous, Sole Collection by West Virginia's Martyred Son

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By: Ryan Werner

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