Dogs and their amusing antics are the star of this energetic picture book, which traces human-canine relationships through time. J. S. Silverstein pairs comedic storytelling with subtle history lessons in "My Dog Is a Hog!", a picture... Read More

The exciting political thriller "Sanctions in Paradise" works to acknowledge racism via an apartheid plot during an island-set conference. In Peter Nicholl’s novel "Sanctions in Paradise", a speechwriter attends a conference whose goal... Read More

"Sex Education 101" is an edifying, wide-ranging essay collection that illuminates human sexuality and biology studies. "Sex Education 101" is professor Jeana Jorgensen’s sprawling, irreverent collection of essays on the intersections... Read More

A hero with a troubled past journeys into the deep South in search of understanding in the rich historical novel "Full Beaver Moon". In Peter Skinner’s spellbinding literary novel "Full Beaver Moon", a biracial teenager plans his... Read More

Rejecting a family tradition of silence to catalog inherited and individual wounds, "Little Boy, I Know Your Name" is a powerful memoir. Mitchell Raff’s forthright memoir "Little Boy, I Know Your Name" centers on his relationships with... Read More

A fairy-tale ending may be possible for a traumatized man and his alluring neighbor in the hopeful romance novel "Losing My Breath". A veteran and his sheltered neighbor forge a connection that might be meant to last in "Losing My... Read More

About the soldiers who are left to “articulate, rationalize, and justify” their wartime experiences after the fact, "A Soldier’s Story" is a sobering account of the Vietnam War. "A Soldier’s Story" is Lawrence Mahoney’s... Read More

Following a family’s work to overcome the impacts of addiction, "A Roll of the Dice" is a discomfiting memoir about losing a relationship to vice. Kelly Delaney’s memoir "A Roll of the Dice" is about the exasperating impacts of... Read More