Side gigs can become just as rewarding as your main gig; Kimberly Palmer tells how. Economic conditions have created a wholly new facet of the economy—workers that Kimberly Palmer calls “side-giggers.” Palmer, who is the senior... Read More

Roman Krznaric redefines the self-help book with thoughtful historical analysis of how life should be lived. The title of Roman Krznaric’s well-written and thoughtful book, "How Should We Live?", is slightly misleading. It suggests... Read More

Lush, tactile descriptions and impressionistic scenes bring alive this historical novel about an author of supernatural fiction. Violet Paget (whose pen name was Vernon Lee), the formidable British Victorian writer of supernatural... Read More

Sharing the seemingly ordinary setting of the Midwest, these short stories turn simple and normal into weird, melancholy, and wonderful. Christopher Merkner has a deeply weird sensibility, and it makes his short fiction a pleasure to... Read More

At forty years old, I could still be stubborn and make mistakes. The difference was I knew I was making them and went forward anyway. In the North Jersey shadow of the George Washington Bridge, former cop Lock Tourmaline is struggling to... Read More