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Reading lists, reflections, and posts from the Atlantic coast.

August 12, 2026

Novels About Leaving: Where The Push Fits

Four novels about the ones who go, and where The Push fits among them.

Every small East Coast town has the same story running underneath it: someone leaves for work. Four novels about leaving, and a look at The Push, FoxIsland Press's own novel of Cape Breton out-migration.

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August 5, 2026

Novels About Grief: A Reading List

Five novels worth knowing, and where The Conversation fits among them.

There is a particular kind of searching that happens after a loss, not for advice exactly, but for company. A look at five well-known novels about grief, and where FoxIsland Press's own The Conversation belongs on that shelf.

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