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    Wild Dark Shore

    Charlotte McConaghy's novel Wild Dark Shore is set on fictional Shearwater Island, located halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica. The frigid, wind-swept land is home to thousands of sea mammals ...

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    The Svalbard Global Seed Vault

    A main character in Charlotte McConaghy's novel Wild Dark Shore is employed as a caretaker for an isolated seed bank. The author has stated that the facility is based on the Svalbard Global Seed ...

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    These Heathens

    It is 1960 in Millen, Georgia, a rural town three hours by train from Atlanta, and 17-year-old Doris Steele is pregnant. This is a devastating development in a young life already marred by ...

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    Collier Heights, Atlanta's Black Enclave

    In These Heathens, set in 1960, 17-year-old Doris Steele visits a friend of her former teacher, who lives in the Collier Heights area in Atlanta, Georgia. Collier Heights was established in 1952 ...

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    So Far Gone

    The decision to become a hermit is not one to be made lightly. In 2016, after a 30-year career in environmental journalism, Rhys Kinnick retreated to his grandfather's primitive cabin in the remote ...

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    Washington State Authors

    Jess Walter, the author of So Far Gone, is based in Washington, a state that has produced a number of well-known writers. Below we feature a small selection of Washington State authors and books. ...

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    The Accidentals

    An albatross relies on its powerful homing instincts to navigate its territory. If it strays too far or is displaced by a storm, it can become unmoored. Such birds are known as "accidentals," writes ...

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    Contemporary Mexican Literature in Translation

    The Accidentals is a collection of short stories by Mexican author Guadalupe Nettel, translated from Spanish to English by Rosalind Harvey. Nettel's novel Still Born, also translated by Harvey, was ...

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    Open, Heaven

    Open, Heaven, the debut novel from Irish poet Seán Hewitt, opens with recent divorcé James returning to his hometown in northern England and contending with the intense memories his ...

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    Classics of Queer Irish Literature

    Ireland has an undeniably rich literary history across a wide range of fiction, drama, and poetry—this abundant legacy includes a number of noteworthy pieces of queer fiction and memoir. One of ...

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    My Friends

    Fredrik Backman's latest novel, My Friends, is a touching story that revolves around four fourteen-year-old friends during one glorious, adolescent summer. In a working-class coastal town, Joar, Ted, ...

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    Mary Oliver and "The Summer Day"

    Fredrik Backman's new novel, My Friends, repeatedly quotes 'The Summer Day,' a well-known poem by poet Mary Oliver (1936-2019). Oliver was born in Maple Heights, Ohio, a small, rural town less ...

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