Mastering the daily habits of personal care are challenging for all young children, but brushing teeth and hand washing can be real stumbling blocks for children suffering from various forms of autism. "Caring for Myself", a realistic... Read More

“We laugh that publishing a book is like having a baby—so prepare for the next nine months!” So begins this guide specifically tailored for women with children who have published a nonfiction book or are about to publish—also... Read More

In Upton’s fifth book of poetry, she returns to tableaus in history, both mythical and actual. She pictures Emily Dickinson with blossoms in her hands, Dido standing before the burning pyre at Carthage; even lines from Shakespeare... Read More

Disentangling the complicated intersections of faith and American identity drive the progression of the twenty-three poems that make up "Beloved Idea". The 2003 winner of the Robert Phillips Poetry Chapbook Prize, this is Killough’s... Read More

“I would like to get to know you better,” read the carefully typed note Miller surreptitiously—or so he thought—slipped to a young, white dime store cashier. Certainly, he knew that interracial dating was forbidden. In this... Read More

“I do not control or bend the national destiny; it controls and bends me,” Benito Mussolini told Edward Price Bell in an interview in 1924. Bell was the Chicago Daily News’ first foreign correspondent and the paper sent him to... Read More

Tecate, a Mexican border town near San Diego, really exists. In the hands of Reveles, however, it’s also a state of mind. "Guacamole Dip", his second book focusing on life in Tecate, is a collection of seven short stories about the... Read More

“Exciting her spectators with her physical beauty and seductive playfulness as well as her great control and acumen, Baccelli danced with fleet, delicate steps in clearly etched patterns through space, her face always expressive and... Read More