Against the Grain

Fiction

Unmasking the Final Mystery of a Beloved Detective

What can one say about Peter Lovesey that is not laden with well-deserved praise? In 1991, this innovative veteran author switched from writing his brilliant Victorian mystery series featuring Sergeant Cribb, a London based police detective as well as a concurrent charming series with Bertie, the Prince of Wales, to…

Linda HitchcockJanuary 21, 2025

Fiction

One Girl Becomes the Catalyst for Civil Rights in Her New Jersey Suburb

The way we experience our lives and what becomes our collective history is impacted in no small part by our position within society. Against the Grain (Woodhall Press) explores a tumultuous time in U.S. history from a variety of viewpoints to show how the same sequence of events can impact…

Paige VigliaroloNovember 9, 2022

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An Author’s Determination to Discuss the Racial Prejudice in 1960’s Suburban America

Racism and desegregation. Catholicism and Vatican II. The Civil Rights movement. The limited lives of women. My high school’s tracking curricula. Sex and boys. You can’t say Anne Dimock dodges the issues in her debut novel Against the Grain. If anything, she addresses them head-on. “These were honestly issues that…

BookTribNovember 28, 2022

Miscellany Potpourri - Featured

Does an Author Need More Than Approval of Her Own Conscience?

EDITOR’S NOTE: What follows is an article written by author Anne Dimock, whose debut novel Against the Grain tells a story about desegregation in the 1960s through six perspectives: two of them Black and four of them white. In the article, she explores the question: Is it ok for a white author…

Anne DimockNovember 2, 2022

Miscellany - Featured

Does an Author Need More Than Approval of Her Own Conscience?

EDITOR’S NOTE: What follows is an article written by author Anne Dimock, whose debut novel Against the Grain tells a story about desegregation in the 1960s through six perspectives: two of them Black and four of them white. In the article, she explores the question: Is it ok for a white author…

Anne DimockNovember 2, 2022

An Author’s Determination to Discuss the Racial Prejudice in 1960’s Suburban America

Does an Author Need More Than Approval of Her Own Conscience?

Does an Author Need More Than Approval of Her Own Conscience?

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