In Ada Zhang’s short story collection "The Sorrows of Others", people of all ages confront personal and cultural losses. Throughout the book, Chinese and Chinese American people face an age-old problem: loneliness in the company of... Read More
In K Patrick’s novel "Mrs. S", a woman navigates a new job far from home, as well as her growing feelings for an older woman. At an old-fashioned girls’ boarding school in England, the new matron is anything but traditional. She’s... Read More
Charlotte Maya’s moving memoir "Sushi Tuesdays" covers how she survived the death of a loved one. The book is set during the aftermath of Maya’s husband’s suicide on a “perfectly ordinary Sunday.” He had stayed home to take a... Read More
Kelly Sullivan Walden’s self-help book "A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste" models empathy and self-compassion through self-reflection. Walden proposes approaching tumultuous moments by OGLEing them, or: contemplating what is... Read More
Kyle Meyaard-Schaap’s inspiring religious book "Following Jesus in a Warming World" is a spirited call to evangelicals to show some love for the planet. Meyaard-Schaap came of age in the post-Reagan years. His book begins with a... Read More
"Love and Kisses, Charlie" is a moving scrapbook of a family’s World War II correspondence. Compiled by Joshua Gerstein, the letters, postcards, and telegrams collected in "Love and Kisses, Charlie" were a source of family comfort that... Read More
Spoken word poetry asks for something quite rare among contemporary poets: a willingness to crawl out of the writing cave to stand on stage and perform. Fearless Blythe Baird creates her written work teeming with sound and rhythm,... Read More
In this masterclass in effervescent wordcraft, even as it ranges through troubled terrain, Sharon Dolin proves to be a poet for the love of sanity. Seven collections of poetry, a Pushcart Prize, 2021 National Endowment for the Arts... Read More