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
Julia Ridley Smith’s "Sex Romp Gone Wrong" is a collection of twelve provocative short stories that delve into the murky terrain of motherhood, sexuality, loss, and family in contemporary America. Funny, mournful, and alluring, the... Read More
Adrie Kusserow’s "The Trauma Mantras" is a transformational poetic memoir, weaving the personal experiences of refugees and orphans with themes of life, death, the grimness of social media, capitalism, and Western historical guilt.... Read More
Women storytellers and communal bases of women’s knowledge undergird a woman’s year of self-discovery in New York in the intimate novel "Daughter of a Promise". In Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg’s coming-of-age novel "Daughter of a... Read More
A girl born into matriarchal magical power tries to forge her own way in the shimmering coming-of-age novel "Walk the Web Lightly". In Mary Pascual’s inventive fantasy novel "Walk the Web Lightly", a talented girl is torn between her... Read More
Raw, vulnerable, and introspective, the memoir "Mattie, Milo, and Me" covers a woman’s transformative relationships with two dogs. Anne Abel’s loving memoir "Mattie, Milo, and Me" covers her care for an aggressive dog, which... Read More
A mournful daughter navigates generational gaps as she investigates her family’s past in the sympathetic novel Klara’s Truth. In Susan Weissbach Friedman’s evocative novel Klara’s Truth, an American anthropology and archaeology... Read More
Traumas can be escaped via acceptance in the heart-stopping novel "These Things Happen", about cycles of abuse and addiction. In Michael Eon’s novel "These Things Happen", a recovering alcoholic struggles to help his troubled older... Read More