Jillian Weise identifies as a cyborg. Perhaps that explains her outsized wit, exceptional word skills, and confidence. The author of The Amputee’s Guide to Sex and The Book of Goodbyes, her writing on cyborg identity and disability... Read More

The private, intimate stories of Ashley Wurzbacher’s Happy Like This navigate deciphering oneself with impeccable logic. Unfastening and opening the shell around each narrator’s heart, answers hang over the collection, both banner... Read More

A Knight without a Castle is an inspirational memoir about determination, faith, and success. Robert Katende’s experiences as a survivor and a man of faith propel his advice-laden memoir A Knight without a Castle, all about how he... Read More

Nancy Au’s exquisite short story collection "Spider Love Song and Other Stories" focuses on survivors—refugees, orphans, widows, single mothers, and village elders—who are caught between old world Chinese values and heritages and... Read More

In Anthony Varallo’s evocative and taut "The Lines", the end of a marriage brings about an unsettling beginning for a family. Set during the 1970s and amid oil and gasoline shortages, the US’s scarcity of fuel and the public’s... Read More

Moving to a new town can be rough on children, especially around the holidays, so it’s no wonder that Matthew decides this will be his worst Christmas ever. His dog running away is the last straw. Luckily, Christmas is known for its... Read More

Written to honor youth activists Janna Jihad Ayyad and her cousin Ahed Tamimi, Naomi Shihab Nye’s "The Tiny Journalist" uses poetry to blend stories and speak truth to power about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Amid unfathomable... Read More

In yoga, the warrior pose is about seeking balance. It’s no wonder, then, that Meryl Davids Landau’s novel "Warrior Won" is about a woman contemplating her spiritual beliefs in the face of devastating news. Lorna seems to have it... Read More