One of the pleasures of anthologies is that the reader is usually exposed to new material, or at least prodded to see old material in a new light. Fragments: Poetry Ancient & Modern, an anthology selected by the pseudonymous Blue... Read More

“How beautiful are the feet of those who bring the good news.” This passage from the book of Isaiah figures prominently and repeatedly in Osman Kartal’s novel about the hunt for a lost gospel written by Jesus himself. Those who... Read More

"A Real Mother" is a real pleasure. The only thing to wish for in Denise Malloy’s collection of hilarious essays is more chapters. Unfortunately, Malloy probably doesn’t have the time. Being the mother of two boys, an active blogger,... Read More

Gripping adventure scenes alternate with lucid and accessible discussions of philosophy, science, and religion in Geoffrey Lee Hodge’s debut novel. Set amidst the devastation of a pandemic and the aftereffects of global nuclear war,... Read More

Sometimes the story behind a book is more interesting than the collection itself. In "Listening to Africa", Raab travels to Africa in the wake of a devastating second cancer diagnosis. Her husband and three grown children come with her.... Read More

The Madonna-Whore Complex has been explored in countless scholarly works, each with its own take on the underlying cause, as well as the social impact of this male disorder. Kathryn Schleich’s contribution to the growing body of... Read More

“There’s a hole in my heart, / a place where the dead hide / in their secret clubhouse,” writes veteran poet Carole Stone in the poem “Root,” from her latest collection, "American Rhapsody". The hole, made by the death of... Read More

A quote from Thomas Mann on the back of this petite red hardcover gives a good taste of what’s inside: “A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” Dinty W. Moore, professor and director of... Read More