In Zalika Reid-Benta’s fantasy novel "River Mumma", a woman without a sense of direction reconnects to her heritage while on a quest. Alicia thought that, when she finished graduate school in New York, an opportunity in publishing... Read More

The runner’s memoir "Apropos of Running" takes a mighty stride in diversifying the writer-runner literary canon. Academic and art collector Charles Moore’s memoir "Apropos of Running" covers his struggles to complete all six World... Read More

While working as migrants, a Mi’kmaq family is rent by their daughter’s disappearance in Amanda Peters’s decades-spanning, heartrending novel "The Berry Pickers". Even before Ruthie disappeared from the Maine field where her... Read More

In Sean Michaels’s prescient and fascinating novel "Do You Remember Being Born?", a famous poet is asked to co-write a poem with an AI. At seventy-five years old, Marian—who wears capes, a tricorn hat, and bikinis—is... Read More

Wickliffe W. Walker’s "Torrents as Yet Unknown" shares the awe and thrill of exploring remote canyons via the pioneers who’ve run their rapids. Walker is a champion whitewater paddler who’s led expeditions in Bhutan, Pakistan,... Read More

A Russian woman recalls her mother’s final days and her own grieving process in Oksana Vasyakina’s novel "Wound". After her mother’s death, Oksana has an endless list of tasks to complete, the most important of which is to take her... Read More

Acclaimed nature writer Roger Morgan-Grenville’s book "Across a Waking Land" covers his thousand-mile trek in search of hopeful signs from the distressed planet. When he was sixty-two years old and not in the best shape,... Read More

"Forever Finite" is a thorough philosophical exercise that muses through concepts of finitude and infinity. Kip K. Sewell’s exhaustive philosophical text "Forever Finite" explores concepts of infinity with a critical eye. Tackling the... Read More