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Love and Loss Both Loom in “Twice Lived”

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Love and Loss Both Loom in “Twice Lived”

[ad_1] Joma West utilizes a high-concept premise to amplify the importance of family and mother-daughter relationships in her newest novel Twice Lived. This is ultimately a story of two girls. Canna is a social butterfly with a close-knit friend group in her high school and a mother who also crosses over into the category of … Read more

Nearly Eighty Years Later, Richard Wright’s “The Man Who Lived Underground” Emerges – Chicago Review of Books

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Nearly Eighty Years Later, Richard Wright’s “The Man Who Lived Underground” Emerges – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Before Ralph Ellison’s unnamed narrator took residence beneath the surface of the world in Invisible Man, there was Fred Daniels—the protagonist of Richard Wright’s long-awaited novel, The Man Who Lived Underground. The tragic tale of Daniels was borne from a lifetime of experiences, which Wright explains in the accompanying essay, “Memories of My Grandmother.” … Read more