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David and Goliath: Underdogs

by Kam Williams

David and Goliath: Underdogs Kam Williams Book Review “Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a stone an...

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F.B. Eyes: How J. Edgar Hoover’s Ghostreaders Framed African American Literature

by Kam Williams

F.B. Eyes: How J. Edgar Hoover’s Ghostreaders Framed African American Literature Kam Williams Book Review “Drawing on nearly 14,000 pages of newly released FBI files, F.B. Eyes exposes the Bu...

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Toni Morrison’s Spiritual Vision: Faith, Folktales, and Feminism in Her Life and Literature

by Robert Fleming

Toni Morrison’s Spiritual Vision: Faith, Folktales, and Feminism in Her Life and Literature Robert Fleming Book Review When literary icon Toni Morrison died in August, 2019, world literature lost a r...

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Kinyarwanda

by Kam Williams

Kinyarwanda Kam Williams images/kinyarwanda_movie_poster.jpg Film Review Rwandan Tragedy Revisited in "Crash"-Like Ensemble Drama Read an interview with the film maker Alrick Brown Kinyarwanda ...

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Vanishing Pearls: The Oysterman of Pointe a la Hache

by Kam Williams

Vanishing Pearls: The Oysterman of Pointe a la Hache Kam Williams array.jpg Film Review Vanishing Pearls: The Oysterman of Pointe a la Hache In Theaters: April 18, 2014 (limited) on Netflix Writte...

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Read Until You Understand

by Robert Fleming

Read Until You Understand Robert Fleming Book Review With a solid array of books to her credit, Farah Jasmine Griffin has possibly written one of the artistic highlights in the national book marketpl...

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After Hours

by Thumper

After Hours Thumper Book Review Honestly (as if there’s any other way I can come), I wasn’t going to read After Hours: A Collection of Erotic Writing by Black Men, the latest anthology ...

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Behind those Books (press release)

by Troy Johnson

Behind those Books (press release) Troy Johnson images/behindthosebooks.jpg Film Review Behind Those Books: A Thought Provoking Documentary Tackling Societal Ills Through Literature Behind Th...

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Marvel’s Black Panther

by Brenda M. Greene

Marvel’s Black Panther Brenda M. Greene Book Review The 2016 San Diego Comic-Con was a memorable moment for independent researcher and writer Todd Steven Burroughs. Burroughs begins Marvel’s Bl...

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We Gotta Have It

by Kam Williams

We Gotta Have It Kam Williams Book Review ’We Gotta Have It represents twenty years of seeing a new generation of Black movies. Before this journey began in 1986, with Spike Lee’s She...

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I Am New Orleans

by Robert Fleming

I Am New Orleans Robert Fleming Book Review American poet, author, filmmaker, and teacher Kalamu ya Salaam, a leading citizen of New Orleans’s 9th Ward, has always been a booster for the Cresce...

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Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story

by Robert Fleming

Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story Robert Fleming Book Review Jazz is dead! If you believe that mess, you must not listen to radio or read any of the mainstream media. Howeve...

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Dancing the Afrofuture: Hula, Hip-Hop, and the Dunham Legacy

by Karen Brown

Dancing the Afrofuture: Hula, Hip-Hop, and the Dunham Legacy Karen Brown Book Review I had just recently attended the 2024 International Conference and Festival of Blacks in Dance in Memphis, Tenness...

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Mississippi Damned

by Kam Williams

Mississippi Damned Kam Williams mississippi-damned.jpg Film Review Mississippi Damned In Theaters: January 16, 2009 (limited) on Netflix Written and Directed by: Tina Mabry Rating: UnratedGe...

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Precious

by Kam Williams

Precious Kam Williams precio2.jpg Film Review Lee Daniels’ Long-Anticipated Sundance-Winner Lives up to the Buzz Precious Click to order DVD via Amazon Rated R fo...

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Punta Soul

by Kam Williams

Punta Soul Kam Williams punta_28.jpg Film Review   PARANDA MEDIA 80 Vaughn Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10801 Contact: Margery Laing 914-393-3037 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Februa...

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Born into Brothels

by Kam Williams

Born into Brothels Kam Williams born_i24.jpg Film Review Academy Award-Winning Documentary Showing at Human Rights Watch Festival   Born into Brothels Click to order vi...

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Dear White People

by Kam Williams

Dear White People Kam Williams dear-wite-people-movie-poster.jpg Film Review Dear White People In Theaters: Oct 17, 2014 Limited On DVD: Feb 3, 2015 Rated R for profanity, ethnic and sexual prefe...

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Blacktrospective 2009 - Kam’s Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema

by Kam Williams

Blacktrospective 2009 - Kam’s Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/precious_movieposter.jpg Film Review Kam's Annual Assessment of the Best ...

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I Will Follow

by Kam Williams

I Will Follow Kam Williams images/iwillfollow.jpg Film Review Bittersweet Drama Chronicles Day in the Life of Grief-Stricken Caregiver   I Will Follow Order via Amazon.com Unrated ...

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Triangular Road: A Memoir

by Thumper

Triangular Road: A Memoir Thumper Book Review I don't know how I came to be aware of Paule Marshall’s new book, Triangular Road: a Memoir. Maybe it was the same still small voic...

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Oreo

by Thumper

Oreo Thumper Book Review I’m thinking, pondering, you might say, that possibly the sign of a good book isn’t the fact that it is in print. Maybe, the sign of a good book should be wheth...

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Black Like Us

by Thumper

Black Like Us Thumper Book Review Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual African American Fiction, the latest anthology of gay/lesbian AA literature, is, in a word, splendid. Showcas...

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From the Streets to the Sheets

by Thumper

From the Streets to the Sheets Thumper Book Review My favorite urban erotic literature author Noire brings a short story anthology to the stage with Noire presents From the Streets to...

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The Origin of Others

by Tony Lindsay

The Origin of Others Tony Lindsay Book Review Toni Morrison’s, The Origin of Others causes the reader to think about identity: what group does one belong to, who are those like self, and who ar...

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The Dagger

by Hedi Harrington

The Dagger Hedi Harrington Book Review Timothy George’s 2016 novel, The Dagger, should come with a warning to all readers: “Fasten your seatbelts.” The fast-paced thriller is a sequ...

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Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights

by Kam Williams

Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights Kam Williams Book Review “Whiteness… derives power from its status as an unmarked category… [It] nev...

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Things I Should Have Told My Daughter: Lies

by Kam Williams

Things I Should Have Told My Daughter: Lies Kam Williams Book Review “In addition to being one of the most popular living playwrights in America, Pearl Cleage is a best-selling author with an...

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Cowards and Angels

by Robert Fleming

Cowards and Angels Robert Fleming Book Review In this slender novel, Cowards and Angels, Aileen Muhammad tries to do an almost impossible task in African American literature, to recreate a modern...

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The Black Sleuth

by Thumper

The Black Sleuth Thumper Book Review Suggested Title: Tale of Early Black Detective Prescribes Strong Medicine Or Forgotten Black Writer Doses Up Strong Medicine Northeastern University Press, in its...

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Beulah Hill

by Thumper

Beulah Hill Thumper Book Review I am sounding the alert that I just read a novel that has a strong black male character in it. Let’s imagine that I’m waving a big neon sign with...

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African American History for Dummies

by Kam Williams

African American History for Dummies Kam Williams Book Review ’African-American history, to be clear, is so much more than a handful of extraordinary individuals or practices like slaver...

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Carl Van Vechten & the Harlem Renaissance: A Portrait in Black & White

by Kam Williams

Carl Van Vechten & the Harlem Renaissance: A Portrait in Black & White Kam Williams Book Review “This book is a portrait of a once-controversial figure… a white man with a passion ...

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Femme du Monde

by Tara Betts

Femme du Monde Tara Betts Book Review Spears Jones’ second collection Femme du Monde does not simply unfold the artful experiences of a woman who has traveled and soaked up the internatio...

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Hot Johnny (And the Women Who Loved Him)

by Thumper

Hot Johnny (And the Women Who Loved Him) Thumper Book Review “That’s mighty pretty, precious“ The question, "Damn Thumper is using a term of endearment in the heading of a r...

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Hair Power - Skin Revolution: A Collection of Poems and Personal Essays by Black and Mixed-Race Wome

by Kam Williams

Hair Power - Skin Revolution: A Collection of Poems and Personal Essays by Black and Mixed-Race Wome Kam Williams Book Review "I can honestly say I have a passion for language… I enjoy writi...

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Harlem Crossroads

by Kam Williams

Harlem Crossroads Kam Williams Book Review ’The story I tell begins with an introductory account of how photography came to Harlem- that is, how Harlem became, after the Renaissance and at...

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HIV/AIDS: The Facts and The Fiction

by Kam Williams

HIV/AIDS: The Facts and The Fiction Kam Williams Book Review “Unfortunately, a series of interlocking misconceptions have distorted scientific and public perceptions of HIV and the AIDS epide...

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Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome

by Kam Williams

Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome Kam Williams Book Review ’When African-Americans accept the deprecating accounts and images portrayed by the media, literature, music and the arts as a true ...

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Kingston Noir

by Robert Fleming

Kingston Noir Robert Fleming Book Review With his first anthology for Akashic, Iron Balloons, Colin Channer, author of the celebrated novel, Waiting In Vain, showcased the full range of contempo...

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The Billion Dollar BET

by Rondall Brasher

The Billion Dollar BET Rondall Brasher Book Review Brett Pulley goes all in with The Million Dollar BET, Robert Johnson and the Inside Story of Black Entertainment Television. He has woven a tale of...

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Role Call

by Rondall Brasher

Role Call Rondall Brasher Book Review I encounter many literary anthologies that try to appease my appetite for new talent. But most of them fall short of their mark, and few of these collections ar...

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Black Prisoner of War

by Thumper

Black Prisoner of War Thumper Book Review I can't honestly tell you when I started watching war movies and reading books written about the American wars. In my younger years, I considered the sub...

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Black Silk

by Thumper

Black Silk Thumper Book Review Black Silk: A Collection of African American Erotica is an anthology that cheers the sexual, sensual side of African-Americans in literature told through short stories ...

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Blues In The Wind

by Thumper

Blues In The Wind Thumper Book Review Whitney LeBlanc makes his literary debut with an impressive, multidimensional, highly entertaining family drama, written in the glory of the blues. I threw ope...

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Colored Sugar Water

by Thumper

Colored Sugar Water Thumper Book Review Another moment of truth, I didn't care for Venise Berry’s new novel of the super-natural meets Jesus, Colored Sugar Water, at all. Although Colored S...

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The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings

by Thumper

The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings Thumper Book Review It has not been said for a long time. I’m glad to be able to say, James Baldwin has a new book out! The new collection of es...

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Dark Dreams

by Thumper

Dark Dreams Thumper Book Review Author Brandon Massey (Thunderland, Dark Corner) has compiled a magnificent anthology designed to scare and terrify. Although African-American literature ha...

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Free and Other Stories

by Thumper

Free and Other Stories Thumper Book Review My Dear Ms. Anika Nailah, I know, normally, that book reviews are not generally written in letterform, from the reviewer to the author. Since I have been kn...

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Going Down South

by Thumper

Going Down South Thumper Book Review When I started reading books many, many years ago, I came to the conclusion that there is no drama like family drama. A few years ago when African-Ameri...

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Harlem Redux

by Thumper

Harlem Redux Thumper Book Review Persia Walker busts on the literary scene burnin’ rubber and smokin’ with her debut novel, Harlem Redux, a multi-faceted fictional tapestry. Harlem Redux...

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Hunting In Harlem

by Thumper

Hunting In Harlem Thumper Book Review I am always excited when new authors enter the scene because they expand the dimensions of our existence through literature that is vibrant, challenging and im...

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Leaving

by Thumper

Leaving Thumper Book Review Leaving, the debut novel by Richard Dry, is an epic tale that spans three generations of a black family, from the 1950s to circa 2000. Leaving is an epic not only in siz...

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Lookin’ For Luv

by Thumper

Lookin’ For Luv Thumper Book Review I gotta be honest with y’all, I wasn’t expecting too much from this book when I picked it up. I wanted to read it because the author Carl Weber somet...

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Lion’s Blood

by Thumper

Lion’s Blood Thumper Book Review Sequel to Lion’s Blood is Equally Magnificent “Have you ever heard the expression ‘Zulu Heart?’” “No," he said, and t...

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Sasha’s Way

by Mercedes Allen

Sasha’s Way Mercedes Allen Book Review Until I watched Pulp Fiction, the movie, I was not very knowledgeable about Pulp Fiction, the genre of literature. My observation was that it’s n...

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The Root of All Evil

by Lawrence Brown

The Root of All Evil Lawrence Brown Book Review Just as many African-American readers have started to complain about the lack of depth in of Black Literature, complaining about the all-too-familiar p...

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Ordinary Girls: A Memoir

by Brenda M. Greene

Ordinary Girls: A Memoir Brenda M. Greene Book Review Jaquira Diaz, in her memoir Ordinary Girls, crafts a story that illustrates the intersection of race, ethnicity, sexuality, and poverty on the li...

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Sincerely Speaking Spiritually

by Robert Fleming

Sincerely Speaking Spiritually Robert Fleming Book Review Like many successful self-help books, Sincerely Speaking Spiritually, celebrates verses of faith and inspiration in the Holy Word. Its author...

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Blend In or Fade Out: A Memoir

by Robert Fleming

Blend In or Fade Out: A Memoir Robert Fleming Book Review The main theme of identity takes center stage in Colnese M. Herndon’s emotional riveting memoir, Blend In Or Fade Out, as the writer in...

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Victory Is Assured

by Robert Fleming

Victory Is Assured Robert Fleming Book Review Larger than life, controversial scribe Stanley Crouch loved to throw shade, raise hell, and put himself laughingly in the crosshairs. In the golden age o...

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Blue in Green

by Robert Fleming

Blue in Green Robert Fleming Book Review On August 25, 1959, jazz trumpeter Miles Davis escorts a white girl to a cab, lights a cigarette outside Birdland, and a city policeman harasses the black man...

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The New Brownies’ Book

by Clarence V. Reynolds

The New Brownies’ Book Clarence V. Reynolds Book Review In the November 1910 premier issue of The Crisis, the official journal of the NAACP, historian, scholar, civil rights activist, sociologist, an...

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Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler

by Robert Fleming

Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler Robert Fleming Book Review { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Review", "headline": "Review of Positive Obsession: The...

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Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler

by Robert Fleming

Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler Robert Fleming Book Review { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Review", "headline": "Review of Positive Obsession: The...

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Echoes of a Distant Summer

by Thumper

Echoes of a Distant Summer Thumper Book Review In Standing At The Scratch Line, Guy Johnson created one of the most memorable protagonists in literature with King Tremain. Johnson’s second no...

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Let the Lion Eat Straw

by Thumper

Let the Lion Eat Straw Thumper Book Review One of the residuals affect I had hoped would happen when African American literature was proven marketable was the rediscovery of previously pub...

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Chike and the River

by Kam Williams

Chike and the River Kam Williams Book Review Book Review by Kam Williams "Chike was now 11 years-old, and he had never left his village. Then one day his mother told him that he would be going to ...

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In The House Of The Interpreter: A Memoir

by Robert Fleming

In The House Of The Interpreter: A Memoir Robert Fleming Book Review This stunning second memoir by noted Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, In The House Of The Interpreter, cover...

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The Black Dancing Body

by Rondall Brasher

The Black Dancing Body Rondall Brasher Book Review This book actually came to my attention last month on the home page of African American Literature Book Club. Troy had it in the revolving new titl...

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Orange Mint and Honey

by Idrissa Uqdah

Orange Mint and Honey Idrissa Uqdah Book Review A Daughter’s Song. Much has been written about mother/daughter relationships in African American literature. It seems to be a very ...

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Red Light Special

by Thumper

Red Light Special Thumper Book Review Yeah, yeah, surprised that I am reviewing, no less read, Red Light Special by Risqu’. Well, I am too. don't let the surprise be about the sub...

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Virginia Hamilton: Speeches

by Kam Williams

Virginia Hamilton: Speeches Kam Williams Book Review ’In the 35 years between the publication of her first book and her death in 2002, Virginia Hamilton earned a place of honor in the p...

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The Ex Chronicles: A Novel

by Thumper

The Ex Chronicles: A Novel Thumper Book Review If any of you have been following me for any length of time, you are well aware of how I feel about the 3, 4 sista-girlfriends novels that had become ...

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Havoc After Dark: Tales of Terror

by Thumper

Havoc After Dark: Tales of Terror Thumper Book Review The short story collection Havoc After Dark: Tales of Terror, the fiction debut of Robert Fleming, is nothing short of brilliant. Last year Flem...

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Logic

by Thumper

Logic Thumper Book Review I was caught unaware. I was not forewarned or prepared for Olympia Vernon’s beyond marvelous second novel Logic. I knew Vernon was a capable writer after reading her...

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