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Jessica Mannion

A Review of Life During Wartime by Katie Rogin

July 15, 2019

Jessica Mannion

(Winston-Salem, NC: Mastodon Publishing, 2018) Katie Rogin is an award-winning writer with a diverse oeuvre. She has written for both television and film, including ABC’s One Life to Live, and a short film In A Blue Mood, which she also … Continued

A Review of Sor Juana: Or, The Persistence of Pop by Ilan Stavans

January 28, 2019

Jessica Mannion

(Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press, 2018) Ilan Stavans’s book Sor Juana: Or, The Persistence of Pop is a loving meditation on iconic  seventeenth century Mexican nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, in particular her image and its … Continued

A Review of Dixie Luck by Andy Plattner

July 23, 2018

Jessica Mannion

(Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2018) Andy Plattner’s collection, Dixie Luck, is a stirring read right out of the gate, full of finely crafted short stories, as well as the novella Terminal, winner of the Faulkner Society’s 2016 Gold Medal … Continued

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