A lyrical poetry collection, "An Absence of Fear" denies death’s finality even as it mourns great human losses. Holly Peppe’s precise poetry collection "An Absence of Fear" confronts the emotions surrounding death, from astonishment... Read More

Using humor as an educational tool, Duncan Watson’s charming memoir Everyone’s Trash reveals recycling secrets and stories about detritus. After earning a master’s degree in resource management in the early 1990s, Watson started a... Read More

In Renée Schaeffer’s distinctive novel "Ageless", an immortal woman struggles through centuries of tremendous social, scientific, and political changes. Naissa is born into a loving family in 1850, but she loses them to shellfish... Read More

Flush with primary sources and seeking to hold rapists accountable in the wake of its subject’s death, "Hometown Betrayal" is a passionate true crime story about justice denied. Through family testimonies and meticulous research,... Read More

Making a spiritual argument that leaders should prioritize community needs over corporate profit expectations, "The Experience" is an insightful businessman’s memoir. Douglas Harland’s amiable memoir "The Experience" explores his... Read More

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