The land of Elysiel is under a curse of bitter ice, its king dead, its denizens frozen in time. Treacherous Pythius, the tyrant of distant Paladya, has stolen the magical Crystal Scepter and is determined to master its charms, no matter... Read More

"Mental Disability and the Death Penalty", by Michael L. Perlin, is an impressive, first-of-its-kind offering. Perlin states the impetus for his research in the book’s introduction: “There is no question that the death penalty is... Read More

One can know everything about a language and nothing about a culture. So it is with French academic Dr. Alexandre Lautens, who travels to India to study the dialect Telugu in Annapurna Potluri’s first novel, "The Grammarian". It is... Read More

The 2012 primaries and presidential election, and the subsequent standoffs between Republicans and Democrats in the US Congress, have offered plenty of examples of US politicians exhibiting the worst characteristics of stereotypically... Read More

Between the sprawling expanse of the novel and the more concise scalpel work of poetry lies the potent and often undervalued form of the short story. Known for her many novels and volumes of poetry, Laura Kasischke has released her first... Read More

Perhaps any attempt to capture changing thought is necessarily rough. There is room in an expanding field to tussle with definitions and find new patterns; it is not yet time to focus discourse too narrowly. That’s the feeling of this... Read More