louise erdrich. published by harper kismet poe is in school and two boys want to marry her. her mother is a trucker who hauls sugar beets and her charming father stole money from their church. the red river cuts a vivid track. the hardscrabble lives that anchor louise erdrich latest novel, a tender, wise and capacious of the land and people of dakota. james by percival everett. published by doubleday in percival everett's audacious reimagining of huckleberry finn. jim the enslaved man, travels the mississippi river with huck is revealed as james who can write argue with voltaire and speak in the most elevated english. this enthralling novel can be read on its own, but everett has made a necessary companion to twain's masterpiece prophet song by paul lynch lynch. published by atlantic monthly press over the course of paul lynch's frightening novel, one woman tries to preserve her family as ireland devolves into a brutal police state. eilish's labor unionist has been taken away and her son has been called to military duty. lynch makes every step of th near-future nightmare as