Fire in the Canyon

Fire in the CanyonA New Yorker Best Book of 2023A new novel from National Book Award nominee Daniel Gumbiner about a California grape grower, his family, and the climate disaster that upends their quiet lives. Since his release from prison after serving an eighteen month sentence for growing cannabis, Ben Hechts life has settled into a familiar routine. On his farm in the foothills of California, he stays busy cultivating a dozen acres of grapes and tending to a flock

Nikki ultimately finds the love she’s always been missing and discovers the power of her own voice

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Caleb Azumah Nelson has written the most essential debut of recent years

author of A Dangerous Woman: A Graphic Biography of Emma Goldman

mis-steps of us in the past may aid some

eking out a precarious existence selling scrap paper and other detritus found in the city streets

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but the convenient sex that comes along with his popularity and family name gets him every time

Every American is taught a pristine narrative of the life and legacy of George Washington and can easily recite the highlights of the “Father of Our Country”

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especially regarding race and the prowess and the position of the Black athlete

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