“Every new horizon is cloaked in a mist of uncertainty” the author writes. “The only way to clear the mist and see the sharp edge of opportunity on the horizon is by using a roadmap—a plan of action.” In this well-organized and... Read More

Encouraged by her mother’s warm reception of a birthday poem, Yu began writing the poems collected here when she was a mere eight years old. The poems, befitting her age, are simple and warm, optimistic and bright as in this cinquain,... Read More

Virginia author Clyde Dowell’s novel Women Can’t Play is all about the games people play. There’s the every Sunday board game of war called Risk that the book’s five black male protagonists play religiously. It provides the focus... Read More

“Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of a meaning of our life.” —Paul Tillich “The... Read More

You expect me to save the free world all by myself? The President rose slowly and leaned toward Felix. “Indeed I do“ he replied with conviction. The year is 1984. When the President of the United States needs to avoid war with the... Read More

The characters in "Translucent Tree" (Vertical, 978-1-934287-14-9) are steeped in love and also handle peripherally the concepts of home and belonging. In this novel, winner of the Tanizaki Award, Go and Chigiri meet again after... Read More

Public Art: Burhan Dogançay’s father, a painter, sent him to Paris from Istanbul to study economics. He had to promise not to study art or play soccer. Dogançay kept his promise, more or less, until he graduated and visited New York.... Read More

Although he has been in the “God business” as a pastor for over thirty years, Ken Wilson knows that “Jesus is a presence distinct from the religion that represents him,” and that “We are drawn to him (or not) for reasons that... Read More