A young person invites Death to share her wisdom in Salena Godden’s ethereal novel "Mrs. Death Misses Death". Wolf is a writer trying to write about what they have known since they were nine: Death. Indeed, after impulse buying an... Read More

A greying man discovers that tea time for one is no match for purring companionship when a strange cat hops into his hat, de facto adopting him. Their days together are bright. Still, the man fears losing Hat, and locks him inside—a... Read More

What begins as a grey tale, and a somewhat everyday tale, transforms into something more when the cherry trees start to blossom above harried travelers’ heads. Their pink petals glow, and the color emanates outward, until the once... Read More

Push and pull the tabs of this colorful, calming story to reveal how various creatures start their days—and maybe give children some ideas of what to do with their own. As the sun rises over the crest of the distant hills, the forest... Read More

An autobiographical odyssey from Panama to Texas, Darrel Alejandro Holnes’s poetry collection "Stepmotherland" ponders split identities through art, current events, and religion. Of African and Chocó descent, Holnes describes himself... Read More

Inventive illustrations composed of photographs of found objects layered within simple backgrounds of shapes and patterns tell this story of a dog and a cat who are befuddled by a magic ball. When Tag’s ball starts rolling around by... Read More

Spotlighting male fragility, the stories of Christopher Evans’s "Nothing Could Be Further from the Truth" show uncomfortable negotiations with the truth of feelings and circumstances. A jealous man wears sneakers belonging to his... Read More

“Thomas Wolfe was wrong, of course. The melancholy truth is you can go home again,” writes Richard Snodgrass in his memoir "The House with Round Windows". Brother of the confessional poet W. D. Snodgrass, Snodgrass portrays his own,... Read More