In The Circle, a remnant human population from a damaged Earth is rescued by members of a benevolent alien civilization. The humans take a tour of the benevolent alien civilization while fighting off the evil aliens that brought about... Read More

The house that Colleen Evans and her two sisters unexpectedly inherit from an old acquaintance seems to be the answer to their prayers. With all three women at various turning points in their lives, the timing couldn’t be more perfect.... Read More

In Brenda G. Wright’s debut novel, Angel: A Hustling Diva with a Twist, her protagonist is a woman trained from childhood to be an assassin. Angel has never known a normal existence. She learns to do what those around her, especially... Read More

Spies and spirits occupy the same shape-shifting space in Judith Nichols Mowery’s magical novel, "The Elizabeths". Mowery explores the boundaries of personal identity and the possibility of parallel lives through the intriguing stories... Read More

Very early in Clark Blaise’s new collection, a sociology graduate student sits in Vivek Waldekar’s California kitchen and blurts the purpose of her research: “the problems of adjustment and assimilation” for successful South... Read More

It is rare that a book is palatable like a well-sauced scaloppini that demands to be enjoyed slowly, bite by bite. "Early Pleasures" by Frederick Kohner is such a book. Kohner was born in Bohemia in 1905 in a family and place that,... Read More

Good poetry comes from a poet’s soul and touches readers’ hearts, thus sparking a natural affinity between poetry and spirit. The expression of specific religious ideas in verse sometimes fails to achieve that end, resulting in trite... Read More

Most will agree that training people to be economically productive citizens is a reasonable goal, but there is a downside. According to Nussbaum, the narrowed process of achieving a stable economy by eliminating the humanities from our... Read More