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• Daniel Wallace's masterful new novel, The Kings and Queens of Roam

  I promise it's not revealing too much to note that about two-thirds of the way through Roam, a goat commits suicide.

  • by David Klein
  • May 1, 2013

• Small town secrets in Pulitzer winner Elizabeth Strout's The Burgess Boys

  Having her new novel finally out is a relief for Elizabeth Strout, who admits she's felt the pressure of following up her Pulitzer-winning Olive Kitteridge.

  • by Zack Smith
  • Apr 3, 2013

• Jill McCorkle's first novel in 17 years, Life After Life, is worth the wait

  Life After Life starts with a death and ends with a death, and the glue that holds together these dozen or so character portraits is a death journal kept by a hospice worker named Joanna.

  • by David Klein
  • Mar 20, 2013
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More by Zack Smith

• Small town secrets in Pulitzer winner Elizabeth Strout's The Burgess Boys

  Having her new novel finally out is a relief for Elizabeth Strout, who admits she's felt the pressure of following up her Pulitzer-winning Olive Kitteridge.

  • by Zack Smith
  • Apr 3, 2013

• "The world's best artist" Mitch O'Connell brings modern kitsch to Raleigh

  "If there's a way to work a naked woman and big eyes and hot dogs and anything else into a drawing, I'll find a way to put it in there."

  • by Zack Smith
  • Apr 26, 2013
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More by JP Trostle

• Clear for departure

  My father is 83 now, and his health is declining. In mid-April, my brother called: "You need to get up here now."

  • by JP Trostle
  • May 22, 2013
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