Half of a yellow sun proudly rises in the center of the Republic of Biafra’s red, black and green-striped flag....
I once began reading Barbara Kingsolver’s signature novel, “The Poisonwood Bible,” but I abandoned it after just a few pages....
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I’ve never enjoyed reading myths, perhaps because they’re just that — myth — and meant for people to pass on...
While the title of Eleanor Brown’s “The Weird Sisters” instantly evokes pictures of the three haggard crones from Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,”...
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