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March 11, 2024

REVIEW: A Novel About an Ambitious Young Miami Man Whose Role Models are Scarface and Ahab

March 11, 2024/ Adam Cohen

Fresh out of High School, an Everyman Seeks to Become a Kingpin

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Miami, Florida
July 19, 2019

REVIEW: Colson Whitehead's Latest Novel is Timely -- and Destined to be a Classic

July 19, 2019/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Colson Whitehead's Latest Novel is Timely -- and Destined to be a Classic

Its Truths About Systemic Harm to African-Americans in the South are Jarring

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African-American Literature, Fiction, Florida
June 20, 2018

REVIEW: Stories of Florida that Look Beyond the Sunshine and Beaches

June 20, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Stories of Florida that Look Beyond the Sunshine and Beaches

In Lauren Groff’s Telling, Everything in the State Seems Just a Bit Dangerous

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Florida, Short Stories, Fiction
July 13, 2016

REVIEW: 'The Veins of the Ocean,' a Novel About a Florida Woman on the Brink, Considers What it Means to Be Free

July 13, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: 'The Veins of the Ocean,' a Novel About a Florida Woman on the Brink, Considers What it Means to Be Free

In Life, It Turns Out, There Are Many Ways to Be Trapped

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Fiction, Novel, Florida
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