For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] When journalist Pierce Egan coined “the sweet science” back in 1813 to describe boxing, he probably didn’t realize that he was making the sport catnip to writers for centuries to come. Popularized by A.J. Liebling, who used it as a novel title in 1949, the phrase’s conception of boxing as a craft, requiring both … Read more
[ad_1] In Christina Cooke’s debut novel, Broughtupsy, a young woman, Akúa, whose family has been unmoored and adrift since the death of her mother, is on a mission. Akúa’s father moves the family first to Texas, then to Vancouver, but Akúa’s older sister, Tamika, travels back to Jamaica, leaving Akúa and their younger brother Bryson … Read more
[ad_1] The following excerpt is from Rebekah Bergman’s debut novel, The Museum of Human History. Combining elements of speculative fiction, fables, and magical realism, the novel follows a wide cast of characters who find themselves drawn to Maeve Wilhelm, a young girl who has fallen into a strange comatose state that halts her aging. Described … Read more
[ad_1] Heat is the operative word in the title of Dantiel W. Moniz’s debut collection, Milk Blood Heat, because these stories are fire. There is the Florida heat, certainly, as most of the stories are set in Jacksonville and the surrounding area, but there is more to it than mere setting. In this case, the … Read more