In Elisa Shua Dusapin’s novel "Winter in Sokcho", a young woman has a fateful encounter with a man who is as lost as she is. Sokcho, a Korean beach resort, has little to offer tourists during the off season. But one tourist comes... Read More

"That They Lived" pays tribute to Black American icons through black-and-white photographs that recreate their images. It is an elegant collaboration between photographer Cristi Smith-Jones and journalist Rochelle Riley, designed to... Read More

D. B. Tipmore’s endearing memoir, "My Little Town", is perceptive in addressing rural Southern living. Tipmore, a white Northerner, moved to Marion, Alabama, and his bemused and conversational narrative is candid in observing his... Read More

Katherine Angel’s excellent academic study "Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again" concerns the politics of sexual expression. The book addresses consent, desire, arousal, and vulnerability in turn, explaining each in terms of their history,... Read More

Cyrille Martinez’s clever and incisive novel "The Dark Library" creates a surreal microuniverse of books, manuscripts, readers, librarians, and historians. In the Great Library, neglected works are becoming resentful and anguished.... Read More

In her lyric memoir "Lyrebird", Meredith Clark moves between poetry, metanarratives, and vignettes. Motivated by loss, she tries to accrue images and memories of a child yet unborn—perhaps to lure it into being, or to process her loss.... Read More

From dips to desserts, Dyna Eldaief’s "Egyptian Flavors" is a fond tribute to her homeland’s culinary customs. Eldaief finds that “cooking food that is part of my heritage is like looking through a portal to the past.” For her... Read More

Dakota McFadzean’s story collection To Know You’re Alive is deliberate, creepy, and wonderful. These stories might be called haunting or disturbing, but that loose description doesn’t do justice to their subtle and graceful... Read More