To write a novel that both expands generations and centers on one person is always a hard thing to do. To do it so successfully with your debut novel is another thing altogether. The Slip (Simon & Schuster 2025) by Lucas Schaefer is a huge novel, not so much physically as mentally. You start the […]
“The Light on Horn Island” by Valerie Fraser Luesse
November 18, 2025 by Leave a Comment
The Light on Horn Island (Revell 2024) by Valerie Fraser Luesse is a gently comforting book, merging the familiar and the whimsical to shape Edie Gardner’s path to healing and discovery in the small coastal town where she once spent her summers. She now returns to stay with her grandmother, Adele “Punk” Cheramie, and the […]
Marley Brown
November 10, 2025 by 1 Comment
Marley Brown has loved literature since she was a young child, and has found outlets in both reading and writing. From a small, rural Georgian town near Savannah, Marley is deeply familiar with Southern culture and enjoys the outdoors and nature, supporting and volunteering with conservationist organizations like Ogeechee Riverkeeper and Adopt-a-Stream. Her favorite authors […]
“A Legacy of Birds” by Sharon Perkins Ackerman
November 10, 2025 by 1 Comment
Sharon Perkins Ackerman’s most recent poetry collection— A Legacy of Birds (Kelsey Books 2025) — is comprehensive and lyrical, a wonderful representation of Appalachian childhood and growing pains. The poems each describe distinct memories, some hazy from humid days long gone, some sharp and clear as yesterday as Ackerman contemplates the past and the present. […]