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Upon reading the first few chapters, one might think A. E. Osworth’s sophomore novel, “Awakened,” is about capital-m Magic or trans people or found family. And they wouldn’t be wrong.

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These books by Akwaeke Emezi, A.E. Osworth and Isaac Fellman demonstrate just how much genre fiction is capable of.

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