America in the late 1950s and early 1960s wasn’t an easy place or time for a “misfit” to come of age. Margaret Marcus was an unpretty, unpopular, and very bright Jewish girl growing up in suburban New York, in an era that clung... Read More

Melanie Rae Thon, award-winning author and professor at the University of Utah, writes about the desolate, the despairing, and the lost in her new collection, In This Light. Some previously published and others new, these stories are... Read More

How might humans repopulate the planet if no more babies were being born? Why, clones, of course! But, according to Fiona Smyth’s dystopian graphic novel, "The Never Weres", there’s a glitch. The clones are not the thinking,... Read More

The big strong male that’s in front…doesn’t lead…he follows in front. It’s we, the mothers and grandmothers and children, who lead with our squawking, screeching, happy sounds. These are the words of the author’s grandmother,... Read More

With "Beasts of New York", the world’s most immortalized city acquires yet another fascinating identity. On the surface of this adventure story is a landscape populated by wild animals—largely squirrels, rats, cats, and birds, from... Read More

Philosophers and theologians are well acquainted with navigating the murky waters of good and evil, and with trying to create definition around what’s “right” and “wrong.” Into this much-traveled sea comes a different type of... Read More

The mere mention of the word ‘adversity’ stirs up negative thoughts—trouble, pain, hard times. Not exactly the term that someone would expect to find coupled with ‘blessing.’ But Barry Black explains that Christians need to... Read More

How to Read Churches is a pocket-sized guide for neophytes that’s convenient enough to tote while touring featured buildings ranging from Boston’s Old North Church to Vienna’s St. Stephens Cathedral. In it, Dr. Denis McNamara... Read More