In her consistent ability to write a perfect line of poetry—and the river rose thirty-three feet above the highway and took what it wanted, and it wanted nearly everything, and left just the sidewalks—Gillian Wegener upsets the idea... Read More

No, we won’t find much comfort here, or words pretty for pretty’s sake. Sheila McMullin scores the flesh of her observations and sears them with ponderous, mostly unanswerable questions about pain and anger, consequences, finality.... Read More

All her life, Elsie Robins has had mysterious dreams of South Africa, a fire, and the death of her beloved nanny. Suddenly, the dreams are worse than ever although she’s thousands of miles and several decades past those early days.... Read More

Three well-known parables from the New Testament Gospel of Luke come together in a remarkable way in Who Counts? 100 Sheep, 10 Coins, and 2 Sons, by biblical scholar Amy-Jill Levine and Sandy Eisenberg Sasso. Uniquely modern within a... Read More

Family myth and superstition mingle in the Ozarks in the talented new novel "The Legend of the Albino Farm". One part Bridge to Terabithia, one part Bag of Bones, Steve Yates’s novel is full of haunting scenes and stories that blur the... Read More

Short assures that happiness and fulfillment are attainable even in difficult and unchangeable circumstances. In When Changing Nothing Changes Everything: The Power of Reframing Your Life, Laurie Polich Short argues that fulfillment is... Read More

"A Chance to Say Goodbye" is a heartfelt, moving reminder that loving words are never wasted. Half a memoir, half an exploration of grief, Lisa Shultz’s "A Chance to Say Goodbye" is a moving exploration of how one can best prepare to... Read More

"Keeping Place" offers alternative sites within a world that often feels divided—places where home really matters. Jen Pollock Michel’s Keeping Place: Reflections on the Meaning of Home is a welcome antidote to a distressing news... Read More