Insider observations become the way to resurrect a doomed community in "Report from a Place of Burning". The accounts of a widow, adulterer, mother, detective, prophet, and... Read More

Sandra Hunter’s "Trip Wires" is a collection of short stories about the horrors of war, refugee experiences, privilege, and racism. Narrated by children and young adults, each... Read More

"Kiska" is the heart-wrenching story of a fourteen-year-old girl living on the Aleutian Islands of Alaska at the beginning of World War II. Her ordinary, happy life in a small... Read More

In a riveting work that Chinua Achebe calls “a masterpiece,” four Indian teenagers are taken from their homes all over America and shipped to a faraway boarding school for... Read More

Lost love and complex human nature are at the center of this novel about recovering from the past. Nikki and Mark are initially drawn together when their significant others die... Read More

Thematic reinforcements add interesting layers of complexity to this tale of wilderness survival. With metaphoric elements and emotional catharses, the newest novella from John... Read More

Bewilderment, frustration, and despair keep the men in these stories on edge with only brief moments of hope to move them forward. Male protagonists in crisis comprise the... Read More

The inattentive browser may pass on You’re Married to Her?, mistaking it for a self-help guide about the romantic pursuit of married men—or a chick-lit novel with a plucky... Read More

“It didn’t matter to Ray if they were for or against the war. He just couldn’t take listening to someone who hadn’t been there. They didn’t belong to the same... Read More

After innocently hitching a ride on a train one night, nine-year-old orphan Danny’s life takes a turn for the marvelous. It’s 1937, and the train happens to transport Duke... Read More

The line between faith and sadism is explored in this comic novel about a gay writer from San Francisco who accepts a speaking engagement as a “Jewish humanist” at a Bible... Read More