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Review: Debut novel ‘Perish’ handles trauma with grace, grit

By DONNA EDWARDS Associated Press “Perish” by LaToya Watkins (Tiny Reparations Books) When a family’s matriarch is on her deathbed, they all gather back to Jerusalem, Texas, the hometown where their unresolved trauma began crashing through the generations. In LaToya Watkins’ debut novel “Perish,” the family begins untangling the rotted, gnarled roots of their tree.

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Stephanie Allain, Donald De Line to lead Producers Guild

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Producers Guild of America has elected Hollywood veterans Stephanie Allain and Donald De Line as its new presidents, the organization said Tuesday. Allain, a longtime producer behind films like “Dear White People,” “Hustle & Flow” and “Beyond the Lights,” is the first woman of color to assume the role in the organization’s history.

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“Vol. II,” Watkins Family Hour (Family Hour Records) Tom Petty’s pianist plays “Tennessee Waltz,” an Ernest Tubb classic rides a Bo Diddley beat, and a deep cut by the ‘60s band the Zombies becomes a Disney- style lullaby.

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