Fast and frothy, Garrett Leigh’s "The Edge of the World" is a romance that takes place on the road between concert venues, as a musician on the rise finds unexpected help with chasing his roots. Shay is the enigmatic frontman of an... Read More

Clementine Ford’s "Boys Will Be Boys" is a straightforward, refreshing overview of toxic masculinity from a feminist lens. The term “toxic masculinity” is everywhere recently, and for good reason. As women’s realities become... Read More

Crystal Hemmingway’s charming romantic comedy and AI fairy tale, Mom’s Perfect Boyfriend, is about a California mother and her daughters who discover that love can overcome a few secrets—and a lot of meddling—and that it’s... Read More

The short, potent essays of Margaret Renkl’s Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss are objects as worthy of marvel and study as the birds and other creatures they observe. Linked stories concentrate on Renkl’s family,... Read More

A Parisian Metro ticket puncher follows a butterfly and his heart, searches for beauty, and loses his job in this beloved French classic. Thought-provoking and made relevant for a new generation, the enchanting artwork of the original is... Read More

In this deep-sea lullaby for little ones (translated from Czech), a brave daughter whale leaves behind the warm waters of her youth and migrates through icy depths towards a hopeful but uncertain future in distant seas. Beautiful,... Read More

A literary foray into the macabre madness of womanhood, Sarah Rose Etter’s "The Book of X" captures the innocent joys and creeping horrors of a young girl’s trek into adulthood. Chapters are organized in short vignettes, offering the... Read More

A collaboration between photographer Ryan J. Bush and his mother, poet Virginia O. Bush, The Singing Wire pairs their work in order to “peer through the veil of the ordinary into a contemplative, non-verbal, timeless place beyond... Read More