"Just an Ordinary Elephant and The Bald Cardinal" is a lovely addition to the Squirrel Hill series of read-aloud tales. In a peaceful clearing down an old dirt road sits a farmhouse inhabited by a medley of lively friends in Paul Sleman... Read More

"Joshua and the Shadow of Death" is a surprising thriller helmed by a complicated and challenging lead. Gary McPherson’s political and corporate thriller "Joshua and the Shadow of Death" includes a unique focus on mental health and... Read More

The characters in Jeremy T. Wilson’s excellent short story collection "Adult Teeth" are all facing significant life changes, and the outcomes are consistently surprising, entertaining, and revealing. In “It Don’t Get No Better Than... Read More

In Michelle Barker’s "The House of One Thousand Eyes", it’s 1983, and the German Democratic Republic is on lockdown. Orphaned when her parents died in a factory explosion, all seventeen-year-old Lena Altman has left are her aunt,... Read More

Novuyo Rosa Tshuma shapes the history of a family into a riveting, detailed novel. Following in the footsteps of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun, Tshuma crafts a political, historical tale of both a country at war and... Read More

Natalie Sypolt’s "The Sound of Holding Your Breath" finds people on the cusp. Poised on the edge of change, these stories traffic in the ties of duty, trouble, and trauma embedded in the lives of various West Virginians and offer... Read More

In Calais, France, there is a horrifying encampment known as The Jungle that teems with people who’ve who fled wars and violence. Faced with overcrowding, police brutality, and political ennui, their dreams slowly fester. Residents... Read More

Lena Mahmoud constructs a subversive story about love and marriage in her novel "Amreekiya", a feminist Palestinian project that follows its headstrong lead, Isra, through struggle and loss. This is a tense examination of what a marriage... Read More