Drawing a clear line through history and buttressing key moments with references to musical inventions, "Western History in Musical Perspective" is a knowledgeable text. With specific focus on Western development, musicologist John... Read More

In the romance novel "Bernadette Barrymore", an Irish American woman and an English aristocrat fall in love—and overcome multiple challenges. In Diane Coia-Ramsay’s romance novel "Bernadette Barrymore", a woman’s marriage is tested... Read More

The emotional, provocative stories collected in What’s Next? concern the apprehension that accompanies change. There is one echoing question in the throes of transformation—a question that can linger and settle in the bones, a... Read More

"Nurse Florence, What Is a Heatstroke?" is an instructive picture book that reflects on a medical consequence of climate change. In Michael Dow’s informative picture book "Nurse Florence, What Is a Heatstroke?", curious children learn... Read More

A lawyer’s resolve and dedication are tested by a case that’s dangerous for all involved in the compassionate thriller "Extreme Vetting". In Roxana Arama’s thriller "Extreme Vetting", a hardworking lawyer’s family is threatened... Read More

"The Melancholy Strumpet Master" is an insightful, deliberative novel about a graduate student at an interminable crossroads. In Zeb Beck’s novel "The Melancholy Strumpet Master", a beleaguered PhD candidate struggles to fight off... Read More

"Artefactum" is an immersive novel in which a lovestruck man travels through the multiverse, hoping for a second chance. J. E. Tobal’s gripping science fiction novel "Artefactum" is the origin story of a destroyer of worlds. Sam is a... Read More

Debut collections mark an irreversible moment in a poet’s career, even while the previous years of labor and individually published poems testify to both resilience and talent. Sarah Audsley is a Korean American adoptee from Vermont,... Read More