Covering experiences with childhood abuse in unflinching detail, B’witched is a powerful memoir. In her rousing memoir B’witched, Victoria G. Parnham explores the enduring effects of childhood abuse under a controlling, unloving... Read More

Keith Gilyard’s sprawling memoir "The Promise of Language" makes a passionate case for the power of language, particularly Black language, to transform lives and enliven art and culture. Born in Harlem and raised in Queens, Gilyard... Read More

A moving memoir that details the ups and downs of parenting disabled children, "Silence and Light" argues that there’s a need for greater awareness around deafblindness. Lanya McKittrick’s powerful memoir of crisis, hope, and... Read More

In Charleen Hurtubise’s novel "The Polite Act of Drowning", a small-town accident reawakens past traumas, forcing a girl to reckon with the chaos of her dysfunctional family and come to terms with her evolving identity. On a family... Read More

In Zoe Whittall’s prose poetry memoir "No Credit River", heartbreak seeps through the cracks of everyday experiences. Covering a period of close to ten years, this hybrid memoir details the time prior to, during, and after a... Read More

In Vigdis Hjorth’s powerful novel "If Only", a playwright develops an obsession with an older professor that spirals into an all-consuming love affair. At thirty years old, Ida is married with two children. She has a successful career... Read More

The intimate short stories of Rilla Askew’s "The Hungry and the Haunted" illuminate lives touched by grief, guilt, and social change. Set in Oklahoma and the American Southwest during the 1970s and told across multiple perspectives,... Read More

"Untangling" is a comforting and supportive self-help guide that illuminates an empathetic process of self-transformation. Barbara McGavin and Ann Weiser Cornell’s transformative self-help guide "Untangling" cuts to the heart of... Read More