A Toronto woman tries to balance motherhood with being a musician in Lindsay Zier-Vogel’s heartfelt novel "The Fun Times Brigade". Amy’s newborn daughter, Alice, screams, won’t sleep, and won’t take a bottle. Amy’s husband,... Read More

Jennifer Kabat’s pensive, poetic memoir "Nightshining" explores the connections between local waterways and stories of family, community, and climate change. Using “hydrology as a governing principle,” the narrative addresses the... Read More

"Such Good People" is a hearty novel about injustice that is nonetheless infused with hope. In Amy Blumenfeld’s multifaceted novel "Such Good People", a fateful encounter impacts a close friendship and exposes troubling... Read More

A complicated opportunist talks through the circumstances of his fraudulent financial activities in the thrilling novel "The Art of Greed". In Hans Peter Brunner’s suspenseful novel "The Art of Greed", a young, hubristic businessman... Read More

"Valter of Salt Lake City", a chef’s lush memoir, shares a generous philosophy of food. A decadent chef’s memoir, Valter Nassi’s "Valter of Salt Lake City" celebrates the culinary and philosophical grounding that led to his lasting... Read More

Stacey Simmons’s The Queen’s Path is a self-help guide to women’s sovereignty that exposes patriarchy’s hostility toward women and suggests ways to break free of cultural and social expectations. Arguing that women are burdened... Read More

Queer romance and time travel blend together in J. M. Frey’s novel "Time and Tide". After a painful breakup with her girlfriend just before a planned trip to Spain, Sam boards the flight alone. The plane crashes. When Sam wakes in the... Read More

Written in time with Lake Powell’s water level decline, Life After Dead Pool is Zak Podmore’s clear-eyed but hopeful assessment of the potential restoration of Glen Canyon. After years of severe drought, Lake Powell’s plummeting... Read More