Aptly resonant, this story of a family’s struggle against segregation is both artful and important. An intriguing account of the historical complexity of race relations, "Water Tossing Boulders" features nuanced characterizations, a... Read More

It’s freedom or death—or love or death—for the characters in this engrossing historical romance. Jennifer Moore’s "A Place for Miss Snow" is a sweet and engrossing romance set against the Greek fight for independence. The... Read More

Essays explore isolation, weaving together the intangible and material touchstones of life periods with remarkable ease. Essayist and journalist Aaron Gilbreath excavates memories from his young adulthood through his early thirties in... Read More

This is a gripping story of a man’s struggle to survive AIDS, and a touching memoir about a relationship that ended too soon. In the early 1980s, when AIDS was still a new and misunderstood threat, Michael Ward’s partner, Mark... Read More

Mann appeals for all to hear the keening of a planet whose resources are strained beneath modern consumption. In 2008, Heather Mann and her husband, Dave, downsized their home in Wisconsin, bought a boat, and began a multiyear sailing... Read More

It is the story of a woman faced with an unimaginable obstacle, and how she found the strength to climb over it. When Kristin Collier’s husband came out to her as transgender, Kristin did what most people do when faced with the... Read More

"The Living and the Dead" is a challenging and intriguing counterpoint to the modern embrace of the static and the tangible. Toby Austin Locke’s "The Living and the Dead" ventures into the nebulous interconnectedness of life and death... Read More

Eye-opening and invigorating, "Faith and Freedom" demonstrates the power of faith combined with inquiry. In an age of Hawaiian shirt-wearing pastors, a “relatable” Jesus, and a church that struggles to become more relevant, "Faith... Read More