REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “But at least she was married to the smartest, funniest man she had ever met, and that counted for everything…” In keeping with my current fascination with historical fiction, I anxiously cracked the new spine of Gill Paul’s 2022 novel The Manhattan Girls. I was intrigued ...
REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “The first weapon I ever held was my mother’s hand.” I didn’t so much fall in love with Jesmyn Ward’s novels as I did with the power of Ward’s writing. She tackles hard, gritty subject matter, exposing the underbelly of American reality, and in this novel American history,...
article by Vanelis Riveraphotography by Kelly Moore Clark When Mayor Friday Ellis was informed of a group interested in bringing professional ice hockey to Monroe, he was skeptical. In his experience, it’s not uncommon to encounter people in economic development with more ideas than a plan of action....
