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Book Reviews

NCLR shares a Saturday Review Post weekly: usually a book review from the most recent or forthcoming online issue, but sometimes, in recognition of current events, from a back issue.

Tilley reviews Jones

“Emergency Salad Dressing” by Wendy Tilley, forthcoming in NCLR Online Fall 2024 of EnaJones’s Six Feet Below Zero (2021)

Knox Reviews Jones

“Growing Gracefully” by Amber Knox, forthcoming in NCLR Online Fall 2024 of Karen Jones’s The Summer of Grace (2022)

Ryan reviews Glazier

“Space and Time in the Appalachians” John Charles Ryan forthcoming in NCLR Online Fall 2024 of Loss Pequeño Glazier’s Transparent Mountain: Ecopoetry from the Great Smokies (2022).

Poston reviews Collins and White

“More True Than Slant” a review by David E. Poston in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Christie Collins’ novel The Art of Coming Undone (2023) and Ross White’s novel Charm Offensive (2023)

Tews reviews Mahler

Saturday Review: “Finding The Place” a review by Jamie Tews in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Kristine Langley Mahler’s novel Curing Season: Artifacts (2022)

Adams reviews Lucas

Saturday Review: “They’re Doing Everything They Can, Everything They Know To Do” a review by Heather Bell Adams in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Meagan Lucas’ story collection Here in the Dark (2023)

Clark reviews Barbee and Loderstedt

Saturday Review: “About Their Business, Two Contrasting Poets” a review by Jim Clark in NCLR Online Spring 2024 of Sam Barbee’s poetry collection Apertures of Voluptuous Force (2022) and Michael Loderstedt’s poetry collection Why We Fished (2023)

Carter reviews Kirkpatrick

Saturday Review: “Help From Unexpected Quarters” a review of Kathryn Kirkpatrick’s poetry collection The Fisher Queen: New and Selected Poems (2019) by Catherine Carter in NCLR Online Spring 2024