The Witch’s Secret / Stacie Murphy / Pegasus Crime / Hardcover $27.95 (336pp) / 978-1-63936-629-3 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / An exiled witch contends with murderous forces in Stacie Murphy’s beguiling novel The... Read More

Transgenesis / Ava Nathaniel Winter / Milkweed Editions / Softcover $16.00 (96pp) / 978-1-63955-004-3 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / The good poet’s body slowly leaves one sex for another and she wonders what else, if... Read More

A Misfortune of Lake Monsters / Nicole M. Wolverton / CamCat Books / Hardcover $19.99 (304pp) / 978-0-7443-0958-4 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / In Nicole M. Wolverton’s hair-raising thriller A Misfortune of Lake... Read More

Cypria / A Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean / Alex Christofi / Bloomsbury Continuum / Hardcover $30.00 (332pp) / 978-1-399-40188-3 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / The island of Cyprus is centered in Alex... Read More

Ghostwriter / Shakespeare, Literary Landmines, and an Eccentric Patron’s Royal Obsession / Lawrence Wells / University Press of Mississippi / Hardcover $28.00 (176pp) / 978-1-4968-5243-4 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / ... Read More

Summer Heat / Defne SumanBetsy Göksel / Apollo / Hardcover $28.00 (432pp) / 978-1-03-590233-0 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / Intergenerational family secrets reemerge in Defne Suman’s devastating novel Summer Heat.... Read More

American Apocalypse / The Six Far-Right Groups Waging War on Democracy / Rena Steinzor / Stanford University Press / Hardcover $32.00 (356pp) / 978-1-5036-3459-6 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / Powerful and informative,... Read More

In the wake of that recent Ten Commandments-in-classrooms ruling in Louisiana, here’s a quick story about why the separation of church and state is so fundamental to our nation. Back in October of 1951, President Truman nominated... Read More