A writer from New York mocks and satirizes himself and other Los Angeles residents in the midst of a forest fire in the satirical novel "In Extremis". In Matt Duggan’s incisive novel "In Extremis", a transplant writer from New York... Read More

"Alive with Spirits" introduces a satisfying way of life based on respect, care, reverence, and relationships with the land and the spirits that inhabit it. Althaea Sebastiani declares that animistic witchcraft opens the door to a... Read More

The freedom to live life on its own terms is at stake in Omar Youssef Souleimane’s novel "The Last Syrian", about the Arab Spring in Syria. When Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in desperation over the situation in his native... Read More