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April 19, 2013

The Family Dead: Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison's skills are out in full force, in the story of Macon 'Milkman' Dead and the struggles of his family.

January 4, 2013

Dark Passion in a Simpler Time: Robert Goolrick’s Heading Out to Wonderful

In 1948, enigmatic Charlie Beale rolls into a sleepy rural Virginia town and forges dangerous connections with the townspeople that will impact their lives forever.

April 21, 2012

Loretta Lynn: So Much More Than a Coal Miner’s Daughter

Loretta Lynn is an icon in the world of country music. She makes no apologies for who she is or where she is from. The hit songs that she wrote and recorded are infused with her hard-scrabble upbringing in the mountains of Kentucky during the 1930s and '40s. Upon reading the preface and opening letter of her autobiography, Loretta Lynn: A Coal Miner's Daughter, it is immediately apparent that she is both bigger than life and down-to-earth at the same time.