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“What makes The Golden Land a superb novel is the sheer facility of Shick’s storytelling. The book smoothly carries us along the story lines that run from Boston to Myanmar over fateful periods in both 1988 and 2011. This complex story weave never confuses, and it wraps with an unexpected yet fitting twist in its last pages.”

Thanks for This Riot

Review in Full Stop Magazine:

“The women and girls in Bassett’s fifteen stories are in various stages of grasping their inner absurdity. Against the absurd expectations of womanhood, their many quirks are difficult to fault, and sometimes extremely funny.”

Predicting the Winner

Review in Technology and Culture:

“For anyone who has found themselves anxiously tracking the New York Times needle or has watched with trepidation as Steve Kornacki zooms in on vote tallies from crucial counties on election night, Ira Chinoy’s book on the dawn of computer forecasting will be an insightful reminder of how recent our technologically mediated collective experience of election night is and how our expectations have been shaped and molded.”

Hush of the Land

Review in Flathead Beacon:

“The memoir is a joyful chronicle of the hundreds of trips Elser took leading guests through the Bitterroot Mountains and 1.5 million-acre Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex. . . . “Hush of the Land” is the best kind of armchair adventure journey. We may not be on horseback, but the stories deliver us right into camp, eager to hear Elser spin another tale while the coffee brews. “

Schoolboy

Review in NINE:

“What is so intriguing about the book is that it recounts one story after another, told by one of the best-known storytellers, telling the good and not-so-good stories of his own life. Granted, Manners’s skill as an editor may have a great deal to do with the flow and ease of the read, reminding me of listening to Hoyt’s voice, just as I heard it when I listened to the games with my mother and grandmother. The book brings back a flood of summer memories.”

Big Cat

Review in NINE:

“Crafting an entertaining, in-depth biography about a talkative and transparent subject is complex. . . . Imagine, then, an author selecting an individual who was neither extroverted nor particularly open about his life experiences yet whose place in baseball history deserves ample attention. It is a Herculean task, and veteran scribe Jerry Grillo accomplishes the job with aplomb in Big Cat: The Life of Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Mize.”

Game On

Review in Sports Literature Association:

“Game On is entertainingly written, comprehensive, and insightful. Bockino speaks with authority on shifts in culture, technical and tactical innovations in sports media, and key sporting events and personalities.”

The Dakota Way of Life

Review in Western Historical Quarterly:

“The Dakota Way of Life, like much of Ella Deloria’s work, will be a cornerstone of the ever-evolving literary canon of Oceti Sakowin scholarship and the dynamic legacy of the Deloria family.”

Wallace Stegner’s Unsettled Country

Review in South Dakota History:

“Much has changed in the West since the 1990s. Our climate challenged, politically fractured, and wounded world abounding with injustice requires fresh thinking about our oldest and most cherished historians, novelists, and authors. This volume provides such an approach. The essays offer much to ponder regarding the ever-fascinating work of Wallace Stegner.”