Reviewed by Emily Hoover Like thick, humid air on a late-summer afternoon in the Deep South, Angela Pneuman’s debut novel, Lay it on my Heart, is heavy. It exists as a commentary on faith, mental illness, and womanhood that’s appropriately served chilled, like glasses of sweet tea I remember from childhood. Darkly humorous and painfully […]
“Lay it on my Heart,” by Angela Pneuman
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Emily Hoover
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Emily Hoover has been writing poetry, fiction, and nonfiction since the age of 6. Although she spent most of her undergraduate career working and publishing in journalism, she ultimately earned a BA in English in 2012. She is pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing from Northern Arizona University (NAU), teaching English, and working on her novel. […]
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