In Martha Cooley’s novel "Buy Me Love", a woman’s lottery win reveals her complicated relationships with money, family, and art. Ellen and her brother, Win, were raised by a... Read More

Amy Shearn’s modern fable "Unseen City" is anchored by smart, sly humor. It delves into the layered social, psychological, and historical architecture of New York City, a... Read More

Reema Rajbanshi’s debut novel-in-stories "Sugar, Smoke, Song" collects its thematically linked pieces into three clusters with recurring characters. The first group, starting... Read More

Kristen Millares Young’s novel "Subduction" is rife with personal struggles, confrontations, and the pain of memory. Claudia, a Latinx anthropology professor, escapes a barren... Read More

Six giant pigs, four kids, and a gang of adults on a magical island maintain a tenuous balance of power until two castaways show up in Johanna Stoberock’s probing literary... Read More

Raymond Luczak’s novel "Flannelwood" is a subtle, sexy exploration of love gained and lost—and a moving literary tribute to Djuna Barnes and her groundbreaking novel... Read More

In tammy lynne stoner’s quietly powerful "Sugar Land", Dara is in love with a woman—her best friend, Rhodie. But that is a sin in 1923 in Texas, and it’s one that Dara... Read More

Beneath a New Jersey sky, a young girl with the deck stacked against her falls in love with the weather. Years later, feeling an odd fit with her PhD program at MIT, she heads... Read More

Bryan Hurt’s sensibility is unusual and hard to describe, but that’s what makes the eighteen stories that form his debut collection, "Everyone Wants to Be Ambassador to... Read More

A compelling family drama resonant with feminist and queer issues, Martha K. Davis’s "Scissors, Paper, Stone" neatly captures the grit of intimacy as relationships expand and... Read More

"SELF-ish" is Chloe Schwenke’s memoir, following her journey from a male upbringing to life as a woman. From reflections on identity to the reactions of coworkers, family, and... Read More

Florencia Ramirez is a longtime water activist and educator with a profound appreciation for food and food production. In a quest to understand how farming can be less... Read More