CURRENT Book Reviews
There aren’t a lot of surprises in Brooks Rexroat’s novel, Pine Gap. But sometimes a read that carries us across rough water to a gentle landing is just what we need.
I’ve read Matt Null’s “Allegheny Front” at least three times, and the nine stories always leave me in awe.
This is a novel for a winter’s night—or two or three.
It’s not often I recommend an audiobook as the way through a book. ... But “The Glass Castle” is an exception.
There’s a wide range of writers profiled in “Step into the Circle”—novelists and short story writers, essayists and poets. What lies at the root of all of their work is place.
There aren’t a lot of surprises in Brooks Rexroat’s novel, Pine Gap. But sometimes a read that carries us across rough water to a gentle landing is just what we need.
I’ve read Matt Null’s “Allegheny Front” at least three times, and the nine stories always leave me in awe.
This is a novel for a winter’s night—or two or three.
It’s not often I recommend an audiobook as the way through a book. ... But “The Glass Castle” is an exception.
There’s a wide range of writers profiled in “Step into the Circle”—novelists and short story writers, essayists and poets. What lies at the root of all of their work is place.
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Country Roads
Skywatch: November/December 2026
Have You Seen the “Great Big Dipper?”
November 1, 2026

Events
25 Years of Rhythm and Roots at the Birthplace of Country Music
Twenty-five years ago, a small festival dedicated to the music forged from the hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains took
September 14, 2026

Singing in the Garden
Singing in the Garden: The Practically Perfect Pear
“There are only 10 minutes in the life of [the average] pear when it is perfect to eat.” —Abraham Lincoln,
September 1, 2026
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