Intensely dark and sardonic, "Sommelier of Deformity" is also, paradoxically, an uplifting and redemptive story. Buddy Hayes, a self-described troll who spends most of his time alone, is both arrogant and self-deprecating. He limits his... Read More

Timely and important, "Who Will Speak for America?" is a powerful anthology of essays, poetry, fiction, and art that grapples with our current political situation. The book’s forty writers and artists explore the question of what it... Read More

The mundane becomes poetic in Nona Caspers’s novel-in-vignettes, "The Fifth Woman". Its atmosphere of grief is established with tight, beautiful prose. An unnamed narrator who’s lost her partner must grapple with her grief while also... Read More

John Thorndike’s "A Hundred Fires in Cuba" is a ranging, unflinching story of the Cuban Revolution, focused on the “beautiful commander, the hero of Yaguajay, the wildly famous Camilo Cienfuegos.” One of Castro’s most loyal... Read More

“A fragment defies the mind’s impulse to make things whole. Defies it, and entices it,” and from just such fragments, Elizabeth Cooperman and Thomas Walton cobble together a hybrid work—parts travel journal, memoir, lyric essay,... Read More

"The Acadia Files" introduces kids to science via the readily observable principles and easy-to-reproduce experiments of its precocious and endlessly curious lead character, Acadia, who’s enjoying the summer before she enters fifth... Read More

She was a brilliant scientist, a staunch supporter of equal rights for women, a world traveler, a two-time Nobel Prize winner, and a devoted wife and mother. Marie Curie’s dedication and compassion shine in this compelling biography.... Read More

Perfectionists, worrywarts, and sticklers everywhere will sympathize with Loppy as he tries his best but then despairs when things don’t turn out just so. Luckily, a friend is there with some valuable advice about failure, success, and... Read More