In basketball star Rudy Gobert’s action-filled graphic novel "Bash!", a teenager is hunted by aliens. Fifteen-year-old Rudy lives with his mother in a poor section of Arcadia, a district in a future version of Earth. His father, Atlas,... Read More

In "Veganistan", Sally Butcher spotlights Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flavors through spice-rich, plant-based meals. Butcher and her Persian husband run Persepolis in London, a restaurant where “the Middle East is Allah’s gift... Read More

In Nisi Shawl’s novel "Speculation", wish-granting spectacles give a girl great power––and an even greater burden. In 1962, Winna’s life is upended when she inherits a pair of spectacles with a magical quirk: they can grant... Read More

Charlotte Maya’s moving memoir "Sushi Tuesdays" covers how she survived the death of a loved one. The book is set during the aftermath of Maya’s husband’s suicide on a “perfectly ordinary Sunday.” He had stayed home to take a... Read More

Philip C. Almond’s fascinating and comprehensive cultural study of Mary Magdalene reviews hundreds of interpretations of the revered saint and explores the creative tension between her complex tradition and the history of religious... Read More

In N. Prabhakaran’s postmodern short story collection "Diary of a Malayali Madman", people are touched by madness and constrained by the traditions and politics of their Indian societies. A man finds himself pressed into service as a... Read More

In her captivating memoir, Suzanne Craig Robertson brings out the nuances of a death row inmate’s story that news reports and court judgments ignored. Robertson’s husband, Alan, was a participant in a church ministry that visited... Read More

Grant Faulkner’s "The Art of Brevity" is a masterful flash fiction guidebook that shows how powerful a few words can be. Guiding those who write pieces ranging from 100 words to two pages of text, this book celebrates short, accessible... Read More