"Water Bodies", edited by reporter Laura Paskus, is a mixed-genre anthology that serves as a paean to bodies of water. “In this climate-changed world,” the introduction intones, “we live in an ever-tightening present.” It’s a... Read More

In Cécile Desprairies’s disquieting historical novel "The Propagandist", a woman reflects on her mother’s experiences as a World War II collaborator. Coline, Lucie’s youngest daughter, contrasts her mother’s duplicitous past... Read More

Micki Janae’s novel "Of Blood and Lightning" sizzles with excitement as a diverse group of high schoolers are swept into a world of myths. Seventeen-year-old Ophelia is a recent orphan following the death of her father. She moves to... Read More

In Sadie Hoagland’s novel "Circle of Animals", a woman goes through cycles of trauma, motherhood, complicated love, and perseverance in a misogynistic culture. Sky’s life is unusual thanks to her free-spirited, unpredictable mother,... Read More

A middle schooler seeks the courage to pursue his dreams amid mockery and an abusive home situation in Corinne Gaile’s novel "Saving Kenny". Twelve-year-old Kenny accompanies his older sister to the opera, expecting to be bored.... Read More

Josh L. Davis’s illustrated and informative science text "A Little Queer Natural History" reveals that the natural world is more complex and inclusive than people often assume. The book profiles the sexual behaviors of an array of... Read More

In K. M. McKenzie’s spirited fantasy novel "The Civilization", a skeptical girl with a heroic destiny learns about dark magic threats to the enchanted, hidden world of her ancestors. Raised by her rambling, nomadic grandfather in North... Read More

Alexandra Furnea links the nightmarish suffering of burn victims to the pervasive impacts of statewide corruption in "Diary of 66", her memoir about surviving the 2015 Colectiv Club fire. Widespread bribery throughout Romania meant that... Read More