Alexandra Furnea links the nightmarish suffering of burn victims to the pervasive impacts of statewide corruption in "Diary of 66", her memoir about surviving the 2015 Colectiv Club fire. Widespread bribery throughout Romania meant that... Read More

Métis storyteller Chris La Tray’s expansive memoir "Becoming Little Shell" began as a compassionate inquiry into his father’s rejection of the family’s Native American heritage. Haunted by questions of identity after his... Read More

Wisdom and wonder permeate the decade’s worth of poems collected in "Journey Bread". Ruth Thompson’s insightful poetry collection "Journey Bread" is provocative in celebrating the stages of contemporary women’s lives. Divided into... Read More

The excitement of initial desire, long-term admiration, and the devastation of loss are all addressed in the love-themed poetry collection "Treasures of the Heart". Oliver Forward’s short poetry collection "Treasures of the Heart"... Read More

The transformative events of a man’s life are gathered together in this amiable book that models decision-making at crossroad points. A memoir with self-help elements, Alexis Brunet’s book The Devil’s Crossroads straddles genre... Read More

An earthy collection that honors loved ones in universal tones, "Knowing" is a poetic source of respite. Mark Cox’s poetry collection "Knowing" is a confident, gentle retrospective on human connections. The book is divided into four... Read More

Oil & Water is a thoughtful feminist novel in which an intellectually hungry young scholar comes into her own. In Destiny Kinal’s speculative historical novel Oil & Water, women set out in search of the mythical cave of the... Read More

In the thought-provoking historical novel "The Butcher on Colfax Ave", working-class people struggle in a changing world. In J. T. Tierney’s dynamic historical novel "The Butcher on Colfax Ave", people in late nineteenth-century... Read More