With the vividness of description found in Fairy Tale (1998), and with a mind-shattering use of symbolism only understood after looking back upon the story as a whole, Ellis takes her readers through a weekend of events not soon... Read More

Applause to Debra Sands Miller! This book certainly educates and reeducates us on conceptions of independence and its connection to each of us as females in this society. Forget the reluctant thought that you may be diving into another... Read More

In the beginning, Sibu created the world. After making mountains, jungles and valleys, he realizes something is missing. So he creates Woman, named Sea, to attract Thunder, who might know what the earth still needs. After their marriage,... Read More

In an original and compelling story set in a small village long ago, a little boy is born, and to his adoring parents’ dismay, makes not happy baby noises, but crabby and startling ones. No medical cause can be discerned: “He just... Read More

Kane/Miller, which specializes in children’s books from around the world, adds a sturdily constructed, beautifully crafted work of children’s literature from Tjibbe Veldkamp of the Netherlands. Twenty-two Orphans, poor in play... Read More

The success of Marilyn Krysl’s second collection of stories, How to Accommodate Men, rests on her unique ability to combine detailed descriptions of everyday life with the surreal experiences that enter reality. That said, some of her... Read More

Why does the black-spotted yellow butterfly flit among the pretty flowers? How can a little bee save three sisters from the Terrible Tragadabas. What happens to a greedy rich woman when she takes advantage of a poor but kind mother, and... Read More

Author of the controversial The Woman with the Alabaster Jar, Starbird dives into one of the most compelling issues of modern times—the reclaiming of the sacred feminine and the “Sacred Marriage” of Christ and Mary Magdalene. An... Read More