Jennifer Louden’s "Why Bother?" turns the despairing question on its head to encourage real change through personal growth. Despair and lethargy often begin at a moment of crisis, but both can lead to lifestyles defined by resignation... Read More

It’s easy to feel anxious and overwhelmed about the accelerating impacts of climate change. Parents face even more angst about what kind of Anthropocene apocalypse lies ahead for their children. Harriet Shugarman’s How to Talk to... Read More

Whiting Award winner Kayleb Rae Candrilli’s poetry collection "All the Gay Saints" addresses queer love, trans bodies, and the wholeness and holiness of queer lives. Shot through with a pure, unadulterated core of love, the collection... Read More

"Rascal" is a graphic novel about a destructive but endearing cat. Realistic illustrations of feline antics reveal the pros and cons of pet ownership, including unforeseen life changes. A young woman returns from a trip to discover that... Read More

In the opening poem of White Blood: A Lyric of Virginia, silent ancestors elude the speaker, keeping her history and that of her family forever enshrouded in smoke, but modern science lights some small match, scattering the ghosts.... Read More

In Borja Gonzalez’s subtle, surreal "A Gift for a Ghost", two girls form a connection despite living 160 years apart. Teresa lives in 1856 and is preparing to make her society debut. She follows her mother’s instructions and... Read More

In Black Sand Beach: Are You Afraid of the Light?, a graphic novel for middle grade readers, a group of kids explore the strange area around a family vacation home. Twelve-year-old Dash and his best friend Lily join Dash’s parents,... Read More

The graphic novel team known as Metaphrog presents a stunning adaptation of a famous French folk tale in Metaphrog’s Bluebeard. A poor village girl, Eve, has a happy life with her family and best friend Tom, but atop a mountain in the... Read More