Interesting to note exactly who picks up the poetry pen. What life experience, what event, led to the decision? And did the poet even have a choice, or was poetry the last, best way to express what they knew hadn’t been expressed... Read More

Valentina Loffredo’s "Reality, Curated", with photographs from her exhibition series As For Me, I’m Very Little, is dominated by bold colors and patterns. Its entries invite closer examination and interpretations of their subtle... Read More

In Jonathan Eig’s lighthearted early reader "Some Pigtails", a clever girl learns to speak up for herself and negotiate. In this charming story, eight-and-a-half-year-old Lola’s grandpa may be often grumpy, but Lola still cajoles him... Read More

Holly Trechter and Jane Donovan’s graphic novel "Galileo! Galileo!" introduces children to NASA’s mission to Jupiter. Its colorful spreads and clear diagrams recap half a century of aeronautics research and space missions. In the... Read More

If the dream is an Indigenous writer from the far north who’s able to capture his native landscape, spirituality, and ancestral exploitation in sublime poetry, the reality is Randy Lundy. His three earlier collections include Under the... Read More

As the poet takes her own sweet hold of space-time, the Higgs field, electron clouds, fusion, and dark matter, she tethers the universe’s greatest mysteries to matters of the heart. A recipient of an Artist Trust Grant and a Centrum... Read More

With a goodhearted serpent, a benevolent goddess, and a flawed but determined hero, "Loukas and the Game of Chance" offers excitement, magic, and, most of all, hope that it is never too late to make things right. Anthony L. Manna’s... Read More