Kirkus Reviews has long been one of the most respected journals covering the world of publishing. They are also an important bulwark of indie publishing, because their reviews hold books from the smallest, most obscure publishers to the same high standards applied to books from the Big Five commercial houses and the most prestigious scholarly presses. So we're super proud to have not one but two titles on the Kirkus list of the 100 best indie books of 2025. Peter L.W. Osnos a

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