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Poetry That Finds the Holy in the Hard Places

Laura Wifler came to poetry late and, by her own account, reluctantly. For much of her life, she thought the form was obscure, overly complicated ... and simply not for her. Then, while homeschooling her children, she encountered poems that were clear without being simplistic, beautiful without requiring a decoder…
BookTrib
September 15, 2026
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The Stories You Love Aren’t Done with You Yet

If you’re anything like most readers out there right now, you can’t get enough of reimagined classic stories (cue Jane Austen’s romances, Frankenstein, The Odyssey, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca). I understand the appeal. While writing my own novel, Burning the Raven Tree, I found myself…
Janyre Tromp
September 15, 2026
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Poems for the Long Journey of the Soul

What if autobiography did not begin with birth or end with death? What if the story of a life included people we have loved before, lessons carried from one incarnation into another, unfinished relationships that find us again and glimpses of worlds beyond the one we can see? Diane Skye…
Cynthia Conrad
September 2, 2026
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Find New Reads That Match Your Taste in TV

Dear readers, No surprise that I love films or streaming shows about writers and the writing life and these past few weeks I binged My Brilliant Career on Netflix. Set in beautiful rural Australia in the year 1900, this miniseries tells the story of a powerful young woman who dreams…
Meryl L. Moss
September 11, 2026
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Focus in on the New Fiction to Prioritize This Month

Consolidate your fall TBR with September’s exciting slate of new + notable fiction, selected for maximum reading enjoyment: Contemporary conversation-starters: Taipei Story by R. F. KuangThe Birthing Tree by Amanda PetersAvalon, Rise by Madeline ffitchUntamed Coast by Kevin C. Morris Immersive + impeccably written historical novels: The Chinese Lady by…
BookTrib
September 4, 2026
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Hear This: We Can’t Get Enough of Audiobooks & Podcasts

From spine-tingling thrillers to laugh-out-loud stories, discover how audio lets us escape, obsess and explore — hands-free. Let’s be real: life is busy, but our brains still crave stories. Enter audiobooks and podcasts — the ultimate multitasking magic. Whether we’re commuting, cooking, or just lounging around lazily, audio lets us…
BookTrib
January 29, 2026