Manchester Life Magazine Staff Picks
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Manchester Life Magazine Staff Picks
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Joni, Joni Save France! by Arlington comic artist and author Nick Burchard. Follow Joni as she leads an army to save Medieval France in this absurd historical retelling of the life of Joan of Arc that begins as a Monty Python-like satire and spirals into a joyous psychedelic inferno. Published by Cosmic Lion Productions. cosmiclionproductions. com. For more of Nick Burchard’ s work, visit tinyvikingproductions. com
The Kingdom Where No One Dies by North Bennington author Jeff McRae. McRae’ s debut poetry collection honors the ache and beauty of ordinary life. The poems inhabit transitional moments— leaving for college, moving houses, watching children grow, bearing witness to the slow dissolution of elders and traditions. Nominated for a 2026 Vermont Book Award and published by Pulley Press. pulleypress. com
Luminous Bodies by Weybridge author Devon Jersild. Based on years of meticulous research, this debut illuminates the intimate, often unseen dimensions of Nobel Prize – winning scientist Marie Curie. Jersild’ s psychologically rich narrative traces Curie’ s extraordinary life— from her girlhood in Russian-occupied Poland through the complexities of marriage, motherhood, widowhood, and a scandalous love affair that led to her ostracization from society and the scientific community she revered. Published by Paul Dry Books. pauldrybooks. com genevieveplunkett. com
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