"The Crooked Forest" is a whimsical novella that promotes ecological awareness through its story of community and connection. In Joni Franks’s illustrated fantasy novella "The Crooked Forest", searching beings take multiple routes to... Read More

David E. Linton’s informative and insightful text covers the origins and complications of US student debt. Starting with a history of higher education in the US, this book utilizes careful evidence to illustrate how and why student... Read More

Fairy tales and myths form a seamless whole in R. M. Romero’s fantasy novel "A Warning about Swans"—a story about fate, identity, belonging, and deception. In the far reaches of the Bavarian forests, Hilde is one of six daughters of... Read More

In the compelling science fiction novel "Runners", a tight-knit crew displays true camaraderie despite the dystopian leanings of their world. Set in a dystopian corporate world, Justin Hale’s science fiction novel "Runners" follows a... Read More

Nuanced and complex, "Twilight of the Godlings" is Francis Young’s history of pagan deities and supernatural creatures in Britain, where ancient British, ancient Roman, and medieval Christian beliefs melded and took on numerous forms.... Read More

Despite being known as the home of sushi and ramen, Japan has a long history of vegetable-forward dishes, and Nancy Singleton Hachisu’s Japan: The Vegetarian Cookbook is a beautiful celebration of its vegetarian cooking. An American... Read More

In Pirkko Saisio’s autobiographical novel "The Red Book of Farewells", a Finnish woman navigates being a lesbian in a time when homosexuality was outlawed and when the currents of communism pervaded every aspect of life. Death opens... Read More

Daphne Kalotay’s short story collection "The Archivists" showcases grief and loss alongside sublime moments of human connection. In “Relativity,” an American social worker helps Holocaust survivors access end-of-life services while... Read More