Satisfying and often joyful, these short stories concern family connections and childhood memories. Jeffrey M. Feingold’s endearing short story collection "The Black Hole Pastrami" compiles memories of growing up in a Jewish household... Read More

The direct poems collected in "Sivateja Mukkamala Poetry" ask complex questions about the natures of life and love. "Sivateja Mukkamala Poetry" gathers poems that utilize brevity to invite ruminations on the nature of existence.... Read More

In his visionary memoir-in-essays "Without Saints", Christopher Locke freezes the past, covering enforced religiosity, self-destructive habits, his marriage and fatherhood, and teaching. In a framework that mimics the nature of memory,... Read More

We are born of parents and the times, and we live lives of freedom and preordained constraint (arguably). Thou shall not make excuses. Born the daughter of African and Caribbean immigrants in Britain, queer poet Omotara James earned her... Read More

Taki Soma’s graphic memoir "Sleeping While Standing" strings together short, powerful episodes to forge a cohesive, affecting whole. Soma recounts some challenging personal experiences in brief; they serve as snapshots of her life thus... Read More

"Seven Brief Lessons on Language" is an insightful language arts book with an unusual take on the spiritual underpinnings of English. Jonathan Dunne’s musing text "Seven Brief Lessons on Language" addresses the spiritual side of... Read More

The life of seventeenth-century Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi is recounted in the graphic novel "Artemisia". Raised by her father, an accomplished artist himself, Artemisia took to painting from a young age. At eighteen,... Read More

While the rest of us mumble, look away, and generally avoid matters of consequence, poets seek no such cover. Indeed, Heather Altfeld and others of her inquisitive ilk lead the interrogation of a mad world. Winner of the Pablo Neruda... Read More