French writer Jean Giono’s fascinating "Occupation Journal" was kept while he lived under Nazi rule. In 1943, Giono was a respected novelist with a family to care for. He wrote his novels from Provence, drawing upon the local culture,... Read More

Jennifer Hosten, the first black woman to be crowned Miss World, shares her inspiring story of winning the pageant, and what happened afterward, in her memoir "Miss World 1970". Born and raised in Grenada, Hosten dabbled in modeling as a... Read More

In Kyle Smeallie’s "Softies", a young girl survives the explosion of Earth and explores the galaxy via spaceship. In the aftermath of Earth’s destruction, Kay is rescued from space by Arizona, an alien waste collector, and Euclid,... Read More

Guy Stern’s entrancing memoir "Invisible Ink" draws on a cornucopia of experiences from his rich and varied life. Beginning with Stern’s childhood and time as a military intelligence officer in WWII, the book’s reminiscences have a... Read More

Emerson Whitney’s genre-bending memoir "Heaven" is about gender, family, and memory. It is cerebral in examining social labels and expectations, as well as how selves are constructed and the stories that people tell themselves about... Read More

Fulfilling the promise that “the last shall be first,” Khristi Lauren Adams’s The Parable of the Brown Girl is a moving call to power for black women and girls. Drawing on biblical stories and Adams’s personal experiences as a... Read More

Rob Davis’s "The Book of Forks" is the brilliant and bizarre final volume of a graphic novel trilogy. Castro is writing "The Book of Forks", which he hopes will explain to the masses the strange origins and mechanics of his world.... Read More

Ann Harleman’s "Tell Me, Signora" is about heartbreaking loss, second chances, and resurrecting and righting the past. Kate, an archaeologist who’s still reeling from the death of her husband, is awarded a three-month fellowship in... Read More