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As students head into the classroom this September, many of them for the first time, I thought I\u2019d celebrate their achievement by sharing five debut novels. It takes determination, enthusiasm, and providence to be a first-year student. Add talent to the mix, and you have what\u2019s required for first-time novelists.<\/div>\n
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\"Bacchanal\"The ever-talented Robin Miles won an Earphones Award for her performance of Veronica G. Henry\u2019s BACCHANAL<\/a>, a historical fantasy about a traveling carnival haunted by an ancient demon in the Depression era south. When Eliza, who can communicate with animals, accepts a job with the carnival, she encounters far more than she expected. Our reviewer particularly applauded Miles\u2019s ability to imbue each character with a subtle accent and vocal personality.<\/div>\n
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The North Carolina-based author, of proud Sierra Leonean ancestry, is a graduate of the Viable Paradise Workshop and has previously written for online publications.<\/p>\n

\"Everyman\"In\u00a0<\/span>EVERYMAN<\/a><\/span>, M Shelly Conner tells a vivid story of the Great Migration through the voices of those who went north and those who stayed behind. It\u2019s 1972 when Eve Mann returns to Georgia, searching for answers to issues about her mother, her remaining family, and the circumstances surrounding her birth. She discovers more than she could have imagined. Our reviewer praised narrator Janina Edwards\u2019s sensitive performance; her skill with dialogue; and her ability to create believable voices for a range of memorable characters.<\/p>\n

The author, who has previously written for magazines and the web, is an\u00a0assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Central Arkansas. She describes herself as using her experiences as a dapper queer Black woman to produce multi-genre works that examine intersections of race, gender, and sexuality.<\/p>\n

\"TheCourtney Gould\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>THE DEAD AND THE DARK<\/a><\/span>, a young adult novel about a ghost-hunting team investigating missing and dead teens, is evocatively performed by Soneela Nankani, who was awarded a Golden Voice lifetime achievement award by AudioFile in June 2021. When teens start disappearing in rural Snakebite, Oregon, it\u2019s young out-and-proud Logan and her new friend Ashley, who\u2019s never before met a gay person, who delve into the town\u2019s deep undercurrents and discover the painful truth.<\/p>\n

The Oregon-born author, who has a B.A. in Creative Writing and Publishing from Pacific Lutheran University, works as a legal case manager when she\u2019s not writing fiction.<\/p>\n

\"TheNicole Altvater and David Aaron Baker won an Earphones Award for their powerful joint narration of\u00a0<\/span>THE LOWERING DAYS<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>by Gregory Brown. Set in Penobscot County, Maine, in the 1980s, the book explores complex issues of loyalty and identity that surface when a local paper mill is burned down. For the white residents, the mill is a financial lifeline. For members of the Penobscot tribe, it\u2019s a polluter that poisons local waters and kills local fish.<\/p>\n

The author, who grew up along Penobscot Bay, is a graduate of the Iowa Writer\u2019s Workshop. His short stories have appeared in such publications as\u00a0<\/span>Tin House<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Narrative Magazine<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\"TheI\u2019ll conclude this month\u2019s focus on recent first novels with\u00a0<\/span>THE LOVE SONGS OF W.E.B. DU BOIS<\/a><\/span>, by Honor\u00e9e Fanonne Jeffers. Narrators Adenrele Ojo, Karen Chilton, and Prentice Onayemi won an Earphones Award for their transporting joint performance of this exploration of culture and identity as seen through the eyes of young Ailey Pearl Garfield. Northern, city-born Ailey spends her summers with her mother\u2019s family in Georgia. As she struggles for acceptance, she sets about to uncover her family\u2019s multi-racial past and free herself to forge her own identity.<\/p>\n

The author, who has written five well-regarded books of poetry and won the Harper Lee Award for Literary Distinction in 2018, is Professor of English at University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

AURELIA C. SCOTT<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>| SEPTEMBER 24, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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