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Review: THIS IS WHY I CAME by Mary Rakow
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Review: THIS IS WHY I CAME by Mary Rakow

ByLara Palmquist

This is Why I CameMary RakowCounterpoint, December 15 2015204 pp; $24 Buy | eBook To tell you that Mary Rakow’s lyrical novel This is Why I Came is a recasting of biblical narratives hardly sets the book apart—the Bible, with its knotty metaphors, unequaled cast of complex characters, ebullient wisdom, and dense moral inquiry has,…

Do-Overs: 5 Books that Tell The Untold Story
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Do-Overs: 5 Books that Tell The Untold Story

ByHeather Scott Partington

Some of the best rewrites of classic stories come to us through the author’s imaginings of what the original doesn’t say. Through original work that transcends “fan fiction,” these stand-alone novels and plays work best when they have their own story to tell. Whether this is done through expanding narrative summary into scene, giving complicated back…