Joanne Nelson’s moving memoir-in-microessays treats her life story as mosaic, made up of glistening shards of memory and quotidian events. These pieces of no more than a few pages delve into the defining experiences of Nelson’s life... Read More

A young woman debates taking her dream job, though it would mean separating from her girlfriend, in the graphic novel "Love and Gravity". Sunati and Austen are students in a future, spacefaring, Earth-based society. They’re also... Read More

In Shannon Morgan’s supernatural novel, a mother’s love is expressed through the language of flowers. Francine, who is unmarried by choice, lives in her haunted family manor surrounded by memories of her mother, who was an expert... Read More

"In Spite of the Consequences" is Lacino Hamilton’s blistering indictment of the outsized American prison system. An unjust conviction sent Hamilton to prison for twenty-six years before he was exonerated. Selections from thousands of... Read More

Triumphant and affecting, the historical novel "What We Leave Behind" follows an immigrant as she faces polio and the distrust of others. In Christine Gallagher Kearney’s tender historical novel "What We Leave Behind", a war bride... Read More