In "The Other Altar", Nicholas Gulig reminds us there is always another way, word, time to discover in grief a never-known strength. The author of North of Order and Orient, Gulig is the 2023–24 poet laureate of Wisconsin. Thai... Read More

Iran’s turn-of-the-century transformations spur a young couple to risk their lives in the gripping historical novel "Silenced Whispers". In Afarin Ordubadi Bellisario’s intriguing historical novel "Silenced Whispers", a teenager... Read More

In Michael Weingrad’s slim, nostalgic literary novel "Eugene Nadelman", a nerdy Jewish boy comes of age in 1980s Philadelphia. Eugene shares his first name, and the book its format, with Alexander Pushkin’s novel-in-verse Eugene... Read More

A commanding short story collection, Caribbean Canadian Nalo Hopkinson’s "Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions" blends ecological awareness, cultural heritage, and fantastical happenings. In the mordant story “Clap Back,” Wenda, an... Read More

First a force within Eastern European oral traditions before flowing into popular culture as a frightening witch, Baba Yaga is a character whose many incarnations suggest fascinating depth. Stories about her are teased out and mined for... Read More

"Now You Are a Missing Person" is an intricate, poetic memoir that touches upon personal and universal concerns of womanhood. Spanning girlhood and widowhood, Susan Hayden’s poetic memoir "Now You Are a Missing Person" contemplates... Read More

With the support of others, an abused woman comes into her own in the revealing bildungsroman "Where Love Lies". A loving family, financial privilege, fashionable clothes, and academic success offer no protection against insecurity and a... Read More

In Suzanne Kamata’s novel "Cinnamon Beach", a man’s death brings together the grieving women in his family for a summer of self-reflection and discovery. To spread the final portion of Ted’s ashes, his family gathers along the... Read More