The Seaboard Review of Books: Monday Edition
April 6, 2026
Editor's Note: I've chosen to slightly alter our issues' scheduling. I have been publishing a Monday and a Wednesday edition for a while now, along with the occasional “Throwback Thursday” review. I want to send out as many reviews as I can, but I would rather not put more emails in your inbox than are absolutely necessary. Thus, I have determined that there will be a Thursday edition (instead of a Wednesday one) every other week in addition to the regular weekly Monday issue. Throwback Thursday reviews will be published in the weeks when there isn't a Thursday edition.
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In this issue:
Night Birds by Margaret Sweatman (Fiction)
Getting Cozy with A.L Jensen’s Hygge and Homicide (Fiction)
The Art of Getting Lost and Found by Glenna Turnbull (Fiction)
Shirley: An Indian Residential School Story (Non-Fiction)
Do It Wrong: How to be a poet in the twenty-first century by Derek Beaulieu (Non-Fiction)
Thanks for reading this issue of The Seaboard Review of Books!
James M. Fisher, editor-in-chief
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Poetry
In Memoriam
Gordon Phinn
Sadly, Gordon Phinn, a regular contributor to The Seaboard Review of Books, passed away on April 4, 2026 after a brief illness. His reviews and his “New, Old & Notable” column were an important part of our site. You may find all his reviews and columns here. Our sympathies are with his wife and family.
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