EDITOR'S NOTE: There are so many exciting things happening in the West Virginia book world this month, we could only run half of Amy Deal's monthly column in the Oct. 4 edition. Here is Part 2.

New releases

West Virginia-based Mountain State Press is releasing “Self-Portrait in Apologies and Other Essays” by Sarah Einstein of Huntington. This collection of essays dives into what makes us nostalgic? What thoughtful ghosts from our pasts haunt our imaginations and our intellects? Sarah Einstein’s "Self Portrait in Apologies" explores past mistakes as well as the many different kinds of love that need no apology. These 14 essays contemplate loneliness and companionship, regret and desire, uncertainty and wisdom, revealing the depths of a life richly lived. "Self Portrait in Apologies" chart

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