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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.

Harrington reviews Bell

Saturday Review: “The Dangerous Myths of Motherhood”, a review by Janis Harrington of Bridget Bell’s All That We Ask of You Is to You Always Be Happy (2025) forthcoming in NCLR Online Fall 2025

Smith reviews Eubanks

Saturday Review: “The Beauty of Noticing,” a review by Evan Peter Smith of Georgann Eubanks’s The Fabulous Ordinary: Discovering the Natural Wonders of the Wild South and poetry collection Rural Astronomy forthcoming in NCLR Online Fall 2025

Tanner Reviews Grimsley

Saturday Review: “Fragile Beauty,” a review by Dwight Tanner of Jim Grimsley’s Dream Boy forthcoming in NCLR Online Fall 2025.

Clark reviews Cody

Saturday Review: “The Thrill of Southern Noir” a review by Andrew Clark of Michael Cody’s Streets of Nashville forthcoming in NCLR Online Fall 2025

Poston Reviews Erickson and Honeycutt

Saturday Review: “The I and the Eye: Seeing the Poetic in the Mundane” a review by David E. Poston forthcoming in NCLR Online Fall 2025 of Irene Blair Honeycutt’s Mountains of the Moon (2024) and Terri Kirby Erickson’s Night Talks (2023). 

Carter Reviews Pratt

Saturday Review: “In the End at the Beginning,” a feature review by Catherine Carter of Minnie Bruce Pratt’s poetry collection Magnified, forthcoming in NCLR Online Fall 2025

Trzepacz reviews Deonn

Saturday Review: “A Journey of Identity, Magic, and Power” a review by Abby Trzepacz of Tracy Deonn’s Bloodmarked (2022), forthcoming in NCLR Online Fall 2025

Southern reviews Pearson

Saturday Review: “A Collection of Characters Gathering Outside the Margins,” a review by Kristi Southern of Joanna Pearson’s Now You Know It All (2021) and Bright and Tender Dark (2024) forthcoming in NCLR Online Fall 2025

Knox Reviews Lockhart

Saturday Review: “Restless Spirits,” a review by Amber Knox forthcoming in NCLR Online Fall 2025 of Zelda Lockhart’s Trinity