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Carnival Lights by Chris Stark
Reviewed by Tyler Tichelaar New Novel Captures Terrifying Carnival Ride of Native American Female Experience Chris Stark’s new novel Carnival Lights offers up a wild ride like no other in the history of Native American literature. Set in 1969, it plays fast and loose with time, continually juxtaposing the present…
The Home Wind By Terri Martin
Niiji, A Collection of Poetry By Sally Brunk and Ron Riekki
Freshwater Mermaids by Troy Graham
Waterfall—A Novel by Mary Casanova
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
A Native American Young Adult Crime Thriller Review by Tyler TIchelaar Angeline Boulley’s debut novel Firekeeper’s Daughter tells the first-person story of Daunis Fontaine, an eighteen-year-old from Sault Sainte Marie, who is part Anishinaabe (Ojibwa) and part-Caucasian. Her mother, daughter to one of the wealthiest families in the community, got…
Once Upon a Twin by Raymond Luczak
Swede Hollow by Ola Larsmo, translated by Tiina Nunnally
Sea Stacks by J.L. Hagen
Nils by By Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
Review by Deborah K. Frontiera Even though this children’s picture book was originally published in 1946, this new edition of the original still has a great message for children today. Nils, a first generation American whose parents immigrated from Norway, receives a handmade pair of socks from his grandmother who…
Carolyn Wilhelm reviews U.P. Reader — Volume #5
U.P. Reader — Volume #5: Bringing Upper Michigan Literature to the World Mikel Classen and Deborah K Frontiera Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com 9781615995714, $17.95 paperback, $28.95 hardcover, 308 pages B09253976L, $5.95 Kindle The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is also known as Upper Michigan or the UP, with people native to…