The science fiction novel Earth’s Emergence finds hope for humanity in the ethical use of science and technology. In Matthew J. Baldwin’s science fiction drama Earth’s Emergence, an alien reincarnates as a boy genius whose... Read More

Living Forward After Loss is a compassionate, practical book about surviving grief that’s designed to help others, too. Kathleen Ho’s memoir Living Forward After Loss is about processing grief after the death of a spouse. This short... Read More

Father Divine’s Bikes is a haunting historical novel about a city’s coming of age. Steve Bassett’s novel, Father Divine’s Bikes, exposes postwar Newark’s underbelly. Following two related murders, circulation wars between major... Read More

Oh, the things we know by the way trees grow: about the planet’s climate over the past couple thousand years, about population fluctuation from ancient Rome forward, about solar radiation variations, atmospheric pressure systems,... Read More

Distilling anhedonia to its essence, Sometimes When I’m Sad’s calm approach to educating children and adults invites discussions. Deborah Serani’s clearcut, holistic picture book Sometimes When I’m Sad introduces childhood... Read More

Rich and expressive, the short stories in "A Little of This/A Lot of That" inspect the microcommunities of 1910s Jewish New York and a small Southern town. Robert Joseph Foley’s book of experimental short stories "A Little of This/A... Read More

"Note by Note" is both a memoir and a manual for general healing. Healing yourself and healing others go hand in hand, according to Kristi Magraw’s interactive memoir, "Note by Note". Magraw grew up on Washington’s Eagle Island in... Read More

"Women Who Knew Jesus" is a feminist theological text that focuses on the active participation of women in Jesus’s ministry. Episcopal priest Bonnie Ring’s probing study of sixteen biblical women, "Women Who Knew Jesus", focuses on... Read More