An elder shares her story in Chi Zijian’s reflective novel "The Last Quarter of the Moon". An unnamed Evenki woman laments the loss represented by her home’s emptiness. Her family voted to leave their mountains; modernization... Read More

Blair Glaser’s intimate, breathtaking memoir is about her spiritual entanglements with Siddha Yoga, a practice of meditation, servitude, and inner reflection that she undertook with the ashram of Guru Gurumayi. Fresh out of college,... Read More

Small-town mysteries, generational trauma, and the supernatural collide in L. L. Madrid’s haunting novel "My Lips, Her Voice". Copper City is one of the most haunted cities in the US. Still, when Audrey’s cousin Mara is found dead in... Read More

Leah Altman’s bold memoir-in-essays is about reclaiming her Native American identity after a transracial adoption and traumatic upbringing. Following the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, the book reports, up to 35% of Native American... Read More

In Jane Willan’s novel Widow’s Walk, a top Boston chef turned Episcopal priest questions her career change when conflicts arise among iron-willed parishioners threatened by any hint of change. Though Miranda is eager to implement her... Read More

About connection with the land, Jason Allen Paisant’s memoir "The Possibility of Tenderness" follows a return home after creating a life and family abroad. Throughout his trip to Coffee Town, Jamaica, Paisant yearns for a more holistic... Read More