Music fans will be fascinated by this very personal deep dive into the real life of the blues. For years, Benny Turner was the slim, understated bass player who stood in the background, calmly thumping out the steady, melodically... Read More

"The Dawsons" introduces the world of Magika and its volatile inhabitants in a spellbinding tale of forbidden love. A new generation of star-crossed lovers emerges on the planet of Magika, where witches rule and demons lurk. The futures... Read More

Both self-aware and sweetly transgressive, Lutheran’s novel brings new life to the road-trip romance. Zachary Byrd is a man with a van. All he needs is a plan. Tanner Lutheran’s Detached: I Hope All of Your Flowers Turn Into... Read More

What is American history other than a record of stuff that happened somehow related to the people and places of this country. Everything in the past is history, and no matter how insignificant, it factors into the character and identity... Read More

Against all the laws of nature, certain sports heroes pull off the extraordinary stunt of running faster, jumping higher, hitting a ball farther after they die. In a word, athletes—think George Gipp (the Gipper), Lou Gehrig, Dale... Read More

Rare and invaluable is the writer who can address a topic that can’t possibly withstand further scrutiny—oh please, not again—only to produce a brilliantly original, insight-filled manifesto. Maurice Rajsfus pulls off that exact... Read More

In vino veritas, in whiskey wit, in pie pleasure. With that Latin-inspired preamble, we are called West to an all-American literary event held annually in Spokane and Missoula named Pie & Whiskey. And yes, pie and whiskey are served... Read More

War memorials—it doesn’t get any gloomier, but also awe-inspiring as the male mind seeks to comprehend the horror of battle, from a but-for-the-grace-of-God vantage point. World War One took the lives of 66,000 Canadians and maimed... Read More