"The Kahuna and I" is an illustrative memoir about spirituality, growth, and a woman’s winding path toward love. Victoria Kapuni’s memoir "The Kahuna and I" is about moving from a society life in the contiguous United States to the... Read More

In its inquisitive and positive accounts of world traveling, the historical novel "By the Tale of the Dragonfly" follows a former soldier living life on his own terms in the wake of WWII. In Vincent Hancock’s historical novel "By the... Read More

Dylan’s Birthday Present is a light educational title that concerns diversity, problem-solving, and a sweet friendship. A multicultural boy chases a lost chicken in Victor D. O. Santos’s enthusiastic picture book, Dylan’s Birthday... Read More

Hermione Granger meets Emily Post in "You Are a Great and Powerful Wizard", Sage Liskey’s appealing grimoire-cum-self-help guide for the magically inclined. Forego expectations of elemental incantations and bubbling potions—at least,... Read More

Ah, the prose poem, thought by the unsuspecting to be less challenging than poetry’s other forms. But no: prose requires rare insight, imagination, and writing at its highest level. In the twentieth century, no one outperformed... Read More

As a thought experiment, ask yourself how close the USA might be, exactly, to becoming another quasi-, tin-pot democracy led by an authoritarian figure, along the lines of Putin’s Russia and Erdogan’s Turkey? What types of damaging... Read More

The erudite, illustrated essays of "Dissimilar Similitudes" concern art, history, religion, and culture in late medieval Europe—in particular, how devotional objects and images were viewed by worshippers. Some challenge traditional... Read More

Once, riot grrrl Atlantis Black’s star was on the rise, but success evaded her, replaced by darkness. Still, the enigmatic musician had the perspicacity to ensure that her legacy would endure via unanswerable questions, many of which... Read More