historical fiction
V.25 No.21 | 05/26/2016
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Event Horizon
No Fear of a Black Planet at Wyrdteenth
Sunday, Jun 5: Wyrdteenth
Celebrate cultural aesthetics and critical dimensions of Afrofuturism with zines, poetry and performances from Ebony Isis Booth, Marya Errin Jones, Brielle Leilani, Tanesia Hale-Jones.
V.24 No.15 | 4/9/2015
Book Review
The Rebel, the Heart and the Liar
When the Doves Disappeared
Nuanced characters enrich this lush story of human connection between a willfully ignorant woman and her Nazi lover.
V.24 No.10 | 3/5/2015
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Culture Shock
We can do it!
Harwood Art Center packs an unbelievable amount of art into one stunning night, plus one rogue accountant and one NYT-bestselling author.
V.24 No.7 | 2/12/2015
Book Review
Peeking Through Keyholes
The Miniaturist
Delicious mysteries and secrets abound in this rich tale of a 17th-century Amsterdam bride.
V.23 No.22 | 5/29/2014
Book Review
Men of Dishonor
An Officer and a Spy
J'accuse! The Dreyfus Affair gets a thrilling treatment in Robert Harris’ latest spy-riffic historical novel.
V.22 No.39 | 9/26/2013
Book Review
It All Starts and Ends and Starts Again
The Lowland
The Lowland, Jhumpha Lahiri’s first novel in ten years, continually plays with the question of origin.
V.22 No.36 | 9/5/2013
Book Review
After the Honeymoon
The Engagements
A novel about the ad woman who invented “A Diamond is Forever” and the lives it changed.
Book Review
Gold and Souls
Winter of the Metal People
A novel of the bloody events that followed the arrival of Coronado’s advance expedition as it barreled through the Southwest.
V.22 No.31 | 8/1/2013
Book Review
Fashioning a Little Prince’s Infidelity
Studio Saint-Ex
Set in New York during the onset of WWII, Ania Szado’s novel follows a love triangle involving Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of The Little Prince.
