Consequences and forgiveness interweave in Michelle Cox’s enthralling historical novel The Fallen Woman’s Daughter, about a young heartland bride whose unfortunate choices create hardship for her children across decades. In the... Read More

Writing ignites “a politics of attention” in Danielle Dutton’s literary, unconventional essay collection "Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other", whose entries are bound by energy, sharp awareness of the world’s dangers, family... Read More

Cultures and generations clash in Maya Arad’s insightful novella collection "The Hebrew Teacher", which follows three storylines whose flows are sometimes concentric. Ilana is a Hebrew professor. She’s been at her school for “forty... Read More

In a lakeside shtetl filled with very silly souls, a family walking at night spots the moon upon the water. The parents worry for the heavenly body’s safety, even as their children bemoan adult misunderstandings. Soon other villagers... Read More

"Do Bigger Things" is a lucid introduction to ecosystem-oriented business management practices. Dan McClure and Jennifer Wilde’s "Do Bigger Things" is an upbeat guide to harnessing the lightweight business management techniques of... Read More

In the drama-filled novel "When All Else Fails", redemption comes from unlikely places for a group of damaged people. In Michael Pulley’s novel "When All Else Fails", a wealthy, dysfunctional family’s interests collide with those of... Read More

Rabbi Ellen Bernstein’s "Toward a Holy Ecology" is a meditative, captivating interpretation of Song of Songs that emphasizes the natural world, women’s strength, and wholeness. The Song of Songs, an enigmatic poem that celebrates a... Read More

A first-generation Mexican-American college student is altered by love in Andrés N. Ordorica’s elegiac romance novel "How We Named the Stars". Daniel’s freshman year at an elite Ithaca university was marked by tumult—including the... Read More