“Literature like bloodletting, to avoid fever,” the author writes in "The Woman with the Bouquet". This collection of stories is for those who share this regard for literature, who see it as a salubrious—yet potentially... Read More

These days, it’s easier than ever to know what’s happening in another country. News travels fast; most people have immediate access to the tragedies, the glories, and the daily trivia of lives lived on the other side of the earth. As... Read More

The best historical fiction breathes life into inanimate history. Protagonists fight wars, influence events, or survive horrifying disasters such as the bomb shelter tragedy in London’s Bethnal Green on March 8, 1943. To commemorate... Read More

Hong Kong—bright lights, deep harbors, yearning, regret, hope, and all the complexities that come from being one of the densest places on earth. For-ty-two writers tackle the subject of Hong Kong in the new anthology edited by Xu Xi,... Read More

Suppose, through your own doing, such as giving a “copper a smack in the gob,” you find yourself doing “a six month holiday at the Queen’s expense” in an Australian prison and another prisoner makes an improper advance.... Read More

Health is a concern for every woman. Some women struggle all their lives to be healthy, while others seem to keep healthy without even trying. In "A Happy Healthy You", five professional women come together to reveal what they believe is... Read More

In Kim Dana Kupperman’s first book, the reader moves through what Kupperman terms “missives”—short meditations on life that traverse Kupperman’s biography and the globe. We hear in “missives” the shadow of the word... Read More

This novella plays with conventions of storytelling. It is experimental fiction, meaning nothing is certain, and everything is contrived: “the rules need not necessarily apply.” The author is out to shake up the reader’s... Read More