Moving to her grandparents’ old neighborhood of Alberta Avenue in Edmonton, Alberta—a walkable hub to family and cultural spots—was an easy decision for Carissa Halton and her husband, Mat, even if the area was low income. Their... Read More

Kimberly Lojewski’s short stories meld the ordinary and the fantastical with a dark, melancholic edge. The collection is often delightfully subversive. Written as modern fairy tales, most of the stories center on a female protagonist;... Read More

In Tom Seigel’s The Astronaut’s Son, Jonathan Stein is the CEO of an emerging private aerospace company. He is close to achieving a lifetime goal of reaching the moon—a task his father left unfulfilled after suffering a fatal heart... Read More

Angelica Shirley Carpenter’s "Born Criminal" skillfully fills in the history of an activist erased from history. While nineteenth-century women’s suffrage movements often saw elite white women fighting for their rights and no one... Read More

"Consent on Campus" is an eye-opening analysis. According to the lowest estimates, one in five women who attend college will experience sexual assault while there. As the #MeToo movement upends careers and prompts nationwide discussions... Read More

With Christmas right around the corner, Scalawag the cat pens a series of entertaining notes highlighting the nice intentions behind a year’s worth of naughty deeds, hoping to convince Santa that it wasn’t his fault the bird escaped,... Read More

An inquisitive boy follows a trail of paper clues into a shadowy building in a wordless early-morning adventure full of friendship, surprises, and the dawning of a new day. Beautifully layered watercolor paintings capture the mystery and... Read More

Dana Green’s "How to Carry Scars" is a poetic, intense meditation on what it means to be a daughter in a dangerous, hurtful world. This is the story of Olivia, a girl caught between circumstances. An obsession with photographs consumed... Read More