Both a memoir and an exploration of a mother-daughter bond, "The Goodbye Diaries" is a moving story told through two voices: those of a then-teenaged daughter and her terminally... Read More

Ben Barnz’s partner has a theory that there is a major generational shift for gay people every five years. This book, then, is a memoir from almost four zeitgeist changes ago.... Read More

Best known for the influence of her store, Mnasidika, and her association with Janis Joplin, Peggy Caserta has the devil’s own luck. Relentless and relentlessly unafraid to... Read More

In Kristen Witucki’s emotionally gripping novel, young Tallie struggles for self-acceptance against other people’s expectations and beliefs, particularly around her... Read More

This interview collection is an effective time capsule of some of the best years of the American stage. Ronald Rand’s "Create!" compiles interviews with many of the most... Read More

Running throughout the narrative are strong threads about the untapped potential of women. In "The Mermaids of Lake Michigan", Suzanne Kamata explores one girl’s coming of age... Read More

This children’s book is imbued with enough sassy depictions of cat mischief and historical details to also interest an adult audience. What the beloved Eloise books are to the... Read More

This is a daring and earnest depiction of identity that crosses societal and cultural boundaries. Jey Tehya’s "The Wrong Kind of Indian" is a raw rendering of a woman’s... Read More

In "Triple Love Score", sometimes life gives you what you want but not always in the form you expected. Brandi Megan Granett mixes romance, poetry, and Scrabble in the charming... Read More

Veteran educators urge teachers and policy makers to join them as they revise the story of education. Existing narratives around education are demoralizing and have edited out... Read More

Those looking for a fresh way to approach self-help would do well to engage with this volume. "The Everywhere Oracle", by Caryl Ann Casbon, is a unique offering that combines... Read More

There are many memoirs about World War II, each with its own story of atrocities, devastation, and triumph. Memoirs help make history real; names, dates, and events are... Read More