In Harry Mathews’s literary novel "The Conversions", stories nest, esoterica abound, sentences fail, and gibberish is spoken. A beguiling unnamed narrator with distinguished connections and intellectual leanings attends a gathering... Read More

Worlds are constructed from tender possibilities in Theodora Goss’s alluring, unforgettable short story collection "Letters from an Imaginary Country". “You’re going to be dead in twenty-four hours. Would you like to save the... Read More

Ana Paula Pacheco’s "Pandora" is a startling, bold allegorical novella about pandemic-era hazards to women. COVID-19 upends literature professor Ana’s life. Her classes and her friendship with Alice, with whom she plans a pornography... Read More

Helen Moat’s pensive, enlightening nature book "While the Earth Holds Its Breath" explores ways of coping with the grey darkness of winter across cultures and traditions. Moat, who struggles with winter’s drizzle and grey mists,... Read More

In R.L. Maizes’s novel "A Complete Fiction", two authors are caught in a media frenzy when one accuses the other of plagiarism. As P.J. receives rejection notices for her latest novel, she reads online that another author who’s an... Read More

Janet Burroway’s prismatic historical novel "Simone in Pieces" follows a Belgian World War II refugee from her traumatic relocation to England to her later life in the United States. In 1940, nine-year-old Simone boards a “trawler”... Read More

A story about a little bird overcoming challenges to follow her dreams, this picture book speaks to all who are facing uphill battles. Although a childhood accident left her unable to fly, Prudence remains determined to reach the stars... Read More

Unspoken rivalries lead to aching rifts in Rebecca Hirsch Garcia’s glittering debut novel "Other Evolutions", about the power and pitfalls of intense family love. Alma grew up in the glow of her older sister, Marnie, who possessed... Read More