Håkan is so expressively drawn that his bouts of loneliness, heartache, and shame vibrate off the page. A Swedish immigrant, the American West, and the powers of fate unite in... Read More

Sharing the seemingly ordinary setting of the Midwest, these short stories turn simple and normal into weird, melancholy, and wonderful. Christopher Merkner has a deeply weird... Read More

It seems safe to say that Sam Savage is a modern master of the monologue—a label that might be applied to him by one of his own characters, sarcastically, and probably in... Read More

When her mother’s second cousin, the cultured Linus Lancaster, asks for fourteen-year-old Ginny’s hand in marriage early in "Kind One", Ginny eagerly accepts. Bored with her... Read More

A short story collection is like a meal. How it’s consumed depends on the reader. A lazy Sunday afternoon can vanish as one enjoys a literary dim sum, sampling from this or... Read More

Judith Kitchen’s new memoir, Half in Shade: Family, Photography, and Fate, kicks off with the following disclaimer: “I have never owned a camera and I never snap photos,... Read More

“You have to know where you’re from to know where you’re at and where you’re going,” says Wade Salem, the narrator’s erstwhile father figure in Dylan Hicks’ novel... Read More

Like lifting the hood of one of the many new cars that the now-closed Cadillac plant in Detroit, Michigan rolled out over the years, opening this book gives readers a look at... Read More

Eleni Sikelianos is one of the rising stars of American poetry. Her previous work The California Poem also from Coffee House Press was greeted with great acclaim for its... Read More

This poet picks up where Allen Ginsberg and H.D. left off, bridging the gap between the Beats of the ‘60s and the slam poets of today. Gathering more than twenty years’... Read More

Jacob Koleman was nearly seduced by a trio of mermaids when he was young, and the experience has never left him. Now he’s a middle-aged adventure novel writer who has lost his... Read More

In the lead story of McFerrin’s balanced and eloquent collection of short stories, a woman receives a curious fruit, called a Buddha’s hand, in the mail from a friend in... Read More