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  • Review of The Overstory (sort of) by Richard Powers

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    Rodney Nelsestuen
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    First, I need to thank poet Janice Northerns for urging me to read The Overstory. While it had been on my radar for some time, and it was a Pulitzer Prize winner, I hadn’t really taken the time to slot it into my reading calendar. Janice asked if I had read it and when I…

  • Amandla, a Novel

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    Rodney Nelsestuen
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    South Africa’s story Amandla (meaning ‘power’) is a self-published novel by South African native Alix Jans. For full disclosure one should know that Alix is a friend of mine. But I hope that will not deter you from reading this review and the novel. Jans wrote the book as a way to leave information about…