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Beyond a Book Review July ’25: Red + Blue = Purple Prose in This is How You Lose the Time War
"There’s a kind of time travel in letters, isn’t there?" July's review of co-authored, epistolary, purple prose.
Beyond a Book Review, Pride Month 2025 edition
For Pride Month, Shawna Ayoub reflects on what she's learned from reviewing writing by queer and BIPOC authors.
Q&A: Lori Mulligan, Author of Sister Shorts
Six questions about the book Center writer Lori Mulligan proofed, published, and platformed in six weeks.
Beyond a Book Review May '25: Charlie Jane Anders and Character Buffets
Charlie Jane Anders is asking big questions in both YA and adult fiction.
Beyond a Book Review: The removal of the male threat in Gabrielle Korn’s Yours for the Taking
Yours for the Taking follows Ava’s journey as the world faces crisis climate change.
Beyond a Book Review March ’25: Writing Revolution in Blood Over Bright Haven
This fantasy novel explores systemic privilege and the nuance of making tough decisions.
Beyond a Book Review: Erasing History in The Reformatory
Black speculative fiction writer Tananarive Due's historical horror novel tackles hate, privilege, and erasure.
Beyond a Book Review: Finding comfort in the dystopian present of Parable of the Sower
This speculative novel explores an alternate future beginning with the election of a new president in 2024.
Beyond a Book Review: Planning for what’s real in Our Wives Under the Sea
Julia Armfield's novel, Our Wives Under the Sea, is a shorter read that stays with you.
Beyond a Book Review: Reality as horror in Out There Screaming
Out There Screaming is a thoughtful collection of psychological horror and speculative fiction that examines the expectations of the world on Black bodies.
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