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This October, we celebrate the Hispanic Heritage with the work by one of its luminaries.
Monthly Poetry reviews by Grace Cavalieri
The Independent’s Twitter Coverage of the National Book Festival
by Susana Olague Trapani
by Josh Trapani
Susana and Josh Trapani "live-tweeted" the National Book Festival; check out a timeline of their pictures, tweets, and retweets of others.
Encompassing economic turmoil, fears of a major virus, climate change, fundamentalist cults and the hardships of illegal immigrants, William Cobb’s The Bird Saviors is a brilliant new novel that offers an elemental and timely story of resilience, hope — and unexpected love.
The author of Blood Chit follows up on his earlier Q&A with Tom Glenn
Armed with guns, Shon Hopwood and his cohorts robbed five banks, landing Shon and his brother in prison. Law Man is the story of it all and what happened afterward.
Q&A with the author of Triburbia A powerful portrait of unlikely friends and their neighborhood in transition, Triburbia strikes chords that range from haunting and heartbreaking to darkly funny and deeply poignant.
Tom Glenn speaks with the author of Blood Chit about his book and his experiences in Vietnam.
