Brazilian writer Caio Fernando Abreu shines light on authoritarian 1980s Brazil, giving voice to those who were oppressed and ignored during the AIDS epidemic, in his exuberant short story collection "Moldy Strawberries". With a ranging... Read More

In Meg Grehan’s compelling novel in verse "Baby Teeth", a vampire falls for a human and decides how far to take her desires for love and blood. Immy is one of a trio of vampires. Unlike the vampires of legends, they live again and... Read More

In Li Kotomi’s empathetic novel "Solo Dance", a young woman struggles to find her place in a world that is hostile to her sexual identity. Norie’s early years in Taiwan were difficult. Known then as Yingmei, she felt early on that... Read More

The varied essays and poems of the autobiographical collection "A Piece of Me" are shared to inspire the community involvement that they model. The autobiographical essays and poems of physician Arif Ahmad’s collection "A Piece of Me"... Read More

"The Best Good Horse" is a collection of timeless stories about people trying to do the next good thing for themselves. Life in the West is a rugged undertaking in J. Reeder Archuleta’s short story collection "The Best Good Horse". The... Read More

Everyone is looking for something in Reyes Ramirez’s story collection The Book of Wanderers. Across ten stories, each focal character is a wanderer in their own way. Some are searching for connection, as in “Ni Sabes, Tomás de la... Read More

Antoine Laurain’s experimental novel "Red Is My Heart" is an artful articulation of the discombobulation that follows when a relationship is severed without warning. Written as letters sent into the ether, to a party who does not wish... Read More

Christopher Linforth’s chiseled, captivating stories follow scarred, haunted people who are struggling to heal from the Yugoslav Wars. In “The Little Girls,” a father visits the crater where his daughter was killed by a landmine,... Read More