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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.

Abbate reviews Rice

Saturday Review: “Poetry of Place” a review by Chris Abbate in NCLR Online Winter 2024 of Forever Eighty-Eights (2022) by Molly Rice

Lang reviews White

Saturday Review: “Writing The Hurt” a review by John Lang in NCLR Online Winter 2024 of Charles Dodd White. A Year without Months (2022)

Vernon reviews Powell

Saturday Review: “To Love The South Surgically” a review by Zackary Vernon in NCLR Online Winter 2024 of The Late Rebellion (2024) by Mark Powell. “The Late Rebellion showcases Powell’s deep understanding of Southern cultures as well as his ability to distill the nuances of American life when everything around us seems precarious.”

Godwin reviews Roberts

Saturday Review: “From Big Pine to Jazz: Making A Life With Pizzazz” a review by Rebecca Godwin in NCLR Online Winter 2024
Terry Roberts. The Sky Club (2022)

Moore reviews Kenan

Saturday Review: “Lightening Strikes Twice” a review by Al-Tariq Moore in NCLR Online Winter 2024
Randall Kenan. Black Folk Could Fly: Selected Writings (2022)

This new collection of various essays published elsewhere allows the reader of Kenan’s lauded fiction a deeper understanding of the writer crafting the stories.

Beadle reviews Chamlee

Saturday Review: “The Poet and The Painter: Exploring Personal Landscapes”
a review of Kenneth Chamlee by Michael Beadle in NCLR Online Winter 2024
If Not These Things (2022)
The Best Material for the Artist in the World (2023)

Collins Reviews Thomsen

Saturday Review: “The Book Of Whys” a review by Christie Collins
Melinda Thomsen. Armature (2021) in NCLR Online Winter 2024

“Armature asks readers to consider the commonplace alongside the remarkable,…”

Allee Reviews Gardner

Saturday Review: “Mari and Jase’s Story: Honesty, Acceptance, and yes, Some Kissing”
a review by Jessica L. Allee of Kati Gardner Finding Balance (2020) in NCLR Online Winter 2024

Dunn Reviews Gomez

Saturday Review: “Living With Compulsions” a review by Patricia A. Dunn
Halli Gomez. List of Ten (2021) in NCLR Online Winter 2024
“The author’s own experience with
this disability brings an authenticity to Troy’s painful body movements and inner thoughts.”