In 1961, twentysomething Sandra Hochman interviewed forty-three-year-old poet Robert Lowell for Encounter magazine. Lowell agreed to meet her—just a half hour after their telephone call—at a New York City tea room and was immediately... Read More

The end of life on Earth may be nigh in this satisfying, fascinating conclusion to Brody’s dystopia series. "The United Continuums" is the satisfying conclusion to Jennifer Brody’s dystopian young-adult trilogy. After a centuries-ago... Read More

This fantasy contains enough twists, turns, and fantastical elements to keep audiences intrigued. In a land where islands float in the sky and horses grow wings, Elia is adrift, caught in the middle of a deception that spans generations... Read More

A stunning look at China at the turn of the twentieth century, this is a love story that crosses boundaries both cultural and geographic. In Nina Romano’s "The Secret Language of Women", two lovers torn apart by war and culture... Read More