When she’s raising a young child, a mother’s day often finds her of two minds: one, not so different from other women; the other, sharing the eyes, ears, and minute-by-minute miracles that come with her flesh and blood experiencing... Read More

Poetry must come from somewhere that is more than the sum of family, race, education, history, culture, gender, pain, and passion. Every poet, of course, draws on as much, but why is it that so many Black women poets’ where-from place... Read More

A woman discovers her new fiancé and his family are not what they seem in Audrey Wilson’s Midwestern thriller "The Ever End". Following her mother’s death, Margo represses her grief with an engagement to Sam, her boyfriend of six... Read More

Michel Leboeuf’s "Lost Songs of Nature" is a thought-provoking study of “acoustic ecology,” or the natural and human-made sounds of the world, that carries warnings about contemporary threats to biodiversity. Organized into five... Read More

Arie Kaplan’s bright, jargon-free volume of global folklore blends anthropology, pop culture, and a pinch of irreverence. Asserting that superstition is a universal language, the book explores themes including birth, death, and romance... Read More

Siblings reunite for a weekend in Linda Dahl’s "Tiny Vices", a wise novel about navigating midlife in which tense relationships and a woman’s self-protectiveness collide. On a spring break trip to Rincón Bay, Mexico, Kathy... Read More

An aloof agricultural scientist balances their personal principles with the requirements of their career, life, and love in Claire Barner’s engaging novel "Moonrising". In the late twenty-first century, famine and drought threaten... Read More

Sensei Julie Seido Nelson’s religious guide and exposé "Practicing Safe Zen" suggests practical ways to maximize the benefits of Zen practice and minimize its risks. While arguing for the benefits of a sincere, devoted Zen practice,... Read More