Moss infuses the magical with the mundane in a manner that lends real weight and volume to their narratives. Robert Moss’s "The Boy Who Died and Came Back" opens with “Offering,” his poetic invocation of the Muse, which begins... Read More

Jackson’s poems work to reconcile the evil of the world with a poet’s life work—how to make sense, how to bear witness, how to give praise. This most recent of Jackson’s eleven volumes of poetry concentrates on... Read More

Deceptively simple stories explore the joys and tragedies of being human. "The Thaw", by award-winning Icelandic author Ólafur Gunnarsson, explores the human psyche in an incisive collection of short stories translated into English. In... Read More

The dark and compelling Irish American gang lifestyle of early 1900s Brooklyn pulses through this sharp, hardboiled drama. Eamon Loingsigh (pronounced Lynch) crafts a tale of early 20th-century Brooklyn that peers into the life of the... Read More

Eloquent descriptions of the landscape convey a sense of awe and suspense. Trekking 125 miles of the infamous Death Valley, Lee Bergthold and his traveling companion, Jerry, maneuvered the dry desert to conquer the direct path from the... Read More

Phinney’s debut is sprinkled with turns of phrase that experienced writers would envy, adeptly assigning personalities to his canine friends. Proponents of rescuing shelter dogs have a new voice in F. Jason Phinney, whose debut memoir,... Read More

Follow Rodell’s quirky, colorful advice and, in no time at all, enjoy even the most mundane parts of life. Chris Rodell’s Use All the Crayons is a colorful, humorous, and well-written guide to making the most out of life. Rodell... Read More

The poems in "Strange Life" are constructed with terrible and forthright beauty, both existential and hauntingly specific. From Eleanor Lerman (The Sensual World Re-Emerges, 2011), a National Book Award-nominated poet and Guggenheim... Read More