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A Unique Design of Women and Culture: Reading Desiree Zamorano’s The Amado Women

by McKenzie | Aug 3, 2014 | Fiction, Reviews

  After reading Désirée Zamorano’s The Amado Women, many readers have claimed to have found a new story with women who are more properly, culturally portrayed, an interesting story which offers new commentary on the larger themes of love and loss, family and...

The Power of Grief, The Power of Hallucination, The Power of YA Literature: Reading Rebekah Crane’s Aspen

by McKenzie | Jul 28, 2014 | Reviews, YA Literature

  Let me point one fact out from the beginning: I admire young adult literature, and I believe it can be extremely powerful when the central characters are confident, self-possessed individuals, dealing with both personal and more widely-recognized issues....

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