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A Charles Dickens Classic Recast in 21st Century Appalachia
Barbara Kingsolver reimagines David Copperfield set in modern-day Appalachia wracked by the opioid crisis.
Cora’s Kitchen Dishes Hard Truths about Racism, Classism and the Limits of Friendship
A talented young black writer gets the opportunity of a lifetime, but it’s fraught with peril.
Brooklyn Public Library vs. the Book Banners
Newly-minted BPL e-cards are now available to young readers in all 50 states as book restrictions proliferate.
Fran Hawthorne’s new book, I Meant to Tell You, is a redemptive tale that illuminates the tenuous ties that bind us.
70 Years After Brown, Schools are Still Segregated
A new book by Leslie T. Fenwick explores the stark inequalities that have plagued schools for decades, and in some cases, have worsened since the 1954 Supreme Court decision.
Occupy Wall Street and the Trump presidency helped inspire this vampire novel by Indy Contributng Editor Nicholas Powers.
Judith Berlowitz’s historical novel offers readers a peek into the Spanish Civil War and the idealism that brought people from across the globe together to fight for democratic governance and human rights.
Marx Meets the Vampire Genre: An Excerpt from Nicholas Powers’ First Novel
In the following excerpt from the upcoming novel Thirst, Indypendent Contributing Editor Nicholas Powers introduces us into a world that is a more truthful version of our own reality.
A Book for People Who Want to Know More About a Land with a People
Fresh perspectives on the Palestine-Israel conflict as well as what peaceful coexistence could look like.
