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‘My Broken Language’ by Quiara Alegría Hudes
Beauty in brokenness
In her new memoir, playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes writes about coming of age as part of a large Puerto Rican family in North Philadelphia. Kirsten Bowen reviews.
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‘Muddy Dragon on the Road to Heaven’ by Grant Clauser
A home for fish and stars
‘Muddy Dragon on the Road to Heaven,’ a new collection from Pennsylvania poet Grant Clauser, evokes the hope of searching for home in a broken world. Kelly Conrad reviews.
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5 minute read
‘Travel by Haiku’ by Marshall Deerfield
Take a ride down Route 575
‘Travel by Haiku, volumes 6–10: Far Out on the Road with Friends’ offers free spirits a back seat in a collaborative road trip across the American West. Helen Walsh reviews.
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3 minute read
‘Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning’ by Cathy Park Hong
Open demands for justice
Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong’s ‘Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning’ explores Asian American consciousness and tackles the truth about anti-Asian hate. Christina Anthony considers.
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6 minute read
‘Pinball’ by Patrick Shields
Graduation games
In Patrick Shields’s debut autobiographical novel, ‘Pinball,’ set in the early 1990s, we follow a senior at a North Philadelphia boarding academy as he reckons with his past, present, and future two weeks before graduation. Kirsten Bowen reviews.
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3 minute read
‘I’m Not Holding Your Coat’ by Nancy Barile
A valentine to the pre-internet punk scene
Since the pandemic has left us longing for live music, Nancy Barile’s new punk-scene memoir, ‘I’m Not Holding Your Coat,’ is an especially welcome window on a bygone musical era. Chelsea Spear reviews.
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5 minute read
‘Land of Big Numbers’ by Te-Ping Chen
Paths of purpose
Te-Ping Chen’s debut story collection, ‘Land of Big Numbers,’ casts a wide net to explore contemporary China and its diaspora. Kirsten Bowen reviews.
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3 minute read
‘True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee’ by Abraham Riesman
Knocking down Marvel myths
Journalist Abraham Riesman has authored a definitive biography of the famed Marvel creator Stan Lee, uncovering truths that may make Lee's fans uncomfortable. Stephen Silver reviews.
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3 minute read
‘Utopia PR’ by Adam Bender
Work/life balance, and other disasters
In Adam Bender’s near-future political satire, a crisis communications manager troubleshoots disasters for a callow reality-television star turned president while trying to maintain a semblance of work/life balance. Kirsten Bowen reviews.
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3 minute read
‘A Cartography of Home’ by Hayden Saunier
When we were still a place
A new poetry collection from Hayden Saunier weaves Pennsylvania’s natural world with its mini-marts and hotels, exploring possibility, loss, compound perspectives, and calls to customer service. Anndee Hochman reviews.
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5 minute read