Black women poets matter in ways that poets of other races and ethnicities can’t: “Black girl must write poetry so other black girls can relate.” That Black girl poetry readers matter … do you understand? This debut collection... Read More

The direct, poignant short stories collected in "Scar Songs" tap into universal feelings of loss and regret. In W. Royce Adams’s short story collection "Scar Songs", people cope with loss and their past mistakes as best they can. In... Read More

Written from the compassionate perspective of Salicrow, a medium, "Spirit Speaker" shares techniques and exercises for working with those who are dying and with the spirits of the dead. Sharing experience-based stories about the process... Read More

In basketball star Rudy Gobert’s action-filled graphic novel "Bash!", a teenager is hunted by aliens. Fifteen-year-old Rudy lives with his mother in a poor section of Arcadia, a district in a future version of Earth. His father, Atlas,... Read More

Gustav and Henri get into sticky and amusing situations in Andy Matthews and Peader Thomas’s graphic novel Gustav & Henri: Tiny Aunt Island. The book consists of three delightful short stories full of adventure and mischief. In the... Read More

Hand embroidery can be a means of learning about oneself according to Hope Brasfield’s "Satisfying Stitches", a crafting book with cute, accessible patterns for people new to the practice. Herein, embroidery is a “corrective... Read More

In Alfreda Beartrack-Algeo’s novel "The Roan Stallion", a thirteen-year-old hopes to tame a wild horse. Alfred Swallow watches his aging grandfather cut the scope of his farm. Without Alfred’s missing father, the work is too much for... Read More

An unhappy housewife learns to cope with loss and trauma in Maki Kashimada’s novel "Love at Six Thousand Degrees". One day, for no apparent reason, a woman leaves her child at the neighbor’s and runs away. Her morbid fascination with... Read More