Written in her middle age, the essays in Jennifer Brice’s memoir "Another North" cover her perspectives on place, selfhood, and life in general. Alaska, with its massive scale and minus-fifty-degree winter temperatures, molded and... Read More

In Eugene Lim’s novel Fog & Car, a divorced couple learns to live without one another. After their seven-year marriage ends, Fog and Car retreat to different parts of the country to lick their wounds. Adrift and unsure of what to... Read More

Lynne Spriggs O’Connor’s memoir "Elk Love" pays homage to the challenging, beautiful land that brought her deep, enduring love. A scholar and museum curator fascinated by Native American art, city-bred O’Connor had visions of... Read More

Alisa Alering’s alluring novel "Smothermoss" enters the bloodstream of Appalachian storytelling like a fevered dream, unraveling the intergenerational tales of women living on the edge. Half-sisters born five years apart, Sheila and... Read More

An unintentional heroine comes into her supernatural own in the intriguing series-opening fantasy novel "The Others". In Evette Davis’s fantasy novel "The Others", a gifted woman navigates the hidden world of supernatural figures in... Read More

One’s origins do not determine one’s destiny according to "The Guide", a memoir written by a marine and pastor who overcame childhood challenges. Greg Munck’s uplifting memoir "The Guide" is about moving from a troubled upbringing... Read More

In the series opening thriller "Seat 3A", an otherwise ordinary man spots a body from a plane and initiates an investigation. In Eric Sugrue’s labyrinthine, fast-moving crime thriller "Seat 3A", a Delaware restaurateur is drawn into a... Read More

About how learning new languages transformed her mindset and exposed her to new cultures, "Immersion" is Linda Murphy Marshall’s affecting memoir. Celebrating self-expression against a backdrop of increasing globalization, Linda Murphy... Read More