In his eleventh book of nonfiction, MacArthur Fellowship winner and media critic Ishmael Reed unleashes a fiery storm of criticism with a frenetic energy especially suited for to a critique that says our media culture has lost its mind.... Read More

All good novels take on a life of their own, and "Other Life Forms" is no exception. The title could refer to new life that forms in the wake of emotional loss or to different kinds of life, be they virtual or actual. The story belabors... Read More

Obscurity is a hard fate to escape, something the author of "Lament in the Night" knew all too well. But nearly one hundred years after his stories were first published in Japanese-language newspapers in California, Shoson’s work is... Read More

Few novelists can arrestingly channel the voice of a neglected fourteen-year-old boy, half street urchin, half spiritual shaman, and emerge with an engaging first-person narrative that doesn’t drip with sentimentality or patronize teen... Read More

The idea of the classic newspaperman is fading into the mists of time, as nonfiction becomes, for many purveyors, more about grabbing attention than in-depth writing. Luckily, William Zinsser is still among us; in "The Writer Who... Read More

Kurt Vonnegut has made a lasting impact on literature, so the promise of any previously unseen work is welcome news. In "We Are What We Pretend to Be", Vonnegut’s first and last works are presented, delivering a final fix of the... Read More

At its best, historical fiction allows the reader to become immersed in another world, presenting a character’s life and issues in a way that fully develops the setting. The Raven’s Heart, the story of a disinherited, tenacious girl... Read More

“You are misinformed,” Deborah Niemann states early in the introduction to "Ecothrifty", countering the many time- and cost-related excuses people use to keep from doing what’s good for them and the planet. A homesteader and... Read More