"The Don of Siracusa" is a modernized mafia drama in which questions about morality, power, and revenge arise. In Sean Rea’s engrossing drama "The Don of Siracusa", a young man transitions from being a business professional to a mafia... Read More

"At the Narrow Waist of the World" is a compelling account of what it is like to live through turbulence and come out on the other side. Marlena Maduro Baraf’s memoir "At the Narrow Waist of the World" is a deep exploration of her... Read More

Throughout the ages, humans have always found ingenious ways to kill each other, but a bloodletting milestone was surely reached when the great powers of the classical world—the Egyptians, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans, et... Read More

Ellen Evert Hopman’s "The Sacred Herbs of Samhain" is a fascinating sourcebook of lore, history, magical methods, and practical information regarding plants sacred to the festival of Samhain. Samhain, observed at the end of the Celtic... Read More

Lyz Lenz’s "God Land" is a nuanced examination of the political, personal, and religious complexity of middle America. Beginning with Lenz’s own faith-filled dream of a new church (one which ended up dissolving) and the challenge of... Read More

A young girl reveals her fondest memories of growing up with her grandmother in Iran, from early morning prayers and homemade chadors to volunteering at the mosque and enjoying tea with friends and neighbors. It is easy to admire the... Read More

Eerie and otherworldly, Amelinda Bérubé’s "Here There Are Monsters" creeps across the page and into the woods where Skye’s younger sister has gone missing, painting a haunting picture of the sisters’ relationship, but also of... Read More

As it turns out, it is simply not possible to keep an angry demon librarian down. The title librarian still wants Annie, his former child bride, as well as revenge against Cyn, the teen who saved her. Funny and action-packed, "Curse of... Read More