The abstract graphic novel "Indiscernible Elements: Calcium" meditates on decay and natural order with ethereal beauty. In Korynn Newville’s graphic novel "Indiscernible Elements: Calcium", a haunting cycle of decay and renewal is... Read More

A neighborhood’s golden couple divorces in "Every Other Weekend", a novel with keen insights into community relationships. In Margaret Klaw’s novel "Every Other Weekend", a Philadelphia couple’s divorce has rippling consequences in... Read More

Quiet symbols and fragile but enduring relationships populate the dramatic novel "Among the Okapi", a modern parable about securing inner peace. John S. Taylor’s novel "Among the Okapi" juxtaposes a professor’s experiences at a... Read More

In the tragicomic novel "Poor Tom", a distressed man muses through a series of what-ifs on his way to a delayed coming-of-age. In Martin Drapkin’s novel "Poor Tom", a middle-aged man muddles through his relationships with the help of... Read More

In the novel "The Miseducation of Obi Ifeanyi", a Nigerian American couple confronts the underlying tensions in their marriage. In Chinedu Achebe’s winding domestic novel "The Miseducation of Obi Ifeanyi", a man’s wife and his... Read More

The thoughts, feelings, and actions that go into adoption are explored in the novel "The Earthquake Child", which glories in human faults and virtues. Elayne Klasson’s novel "The Earthquake Child" concerns adoption, addiction,... Read More

In Alle C. Hall’s candid novel-in-stories "As Far as You Can Go Before You Have to Come Back", a teenage runaway flees an incestuous situation to pursue a new version of herself. Armed with survival ideas from Lonely Planet, Jen vows... Read More

Halloween meals mark the anniversary of a twin sister’s death in Sarah Gilmartin’s novel "Dinner Party". Growing up, Kate thought that people either wore their emotions on their sleeves or suppressed them. Her melodramatic,... Read More