Thorough and contextual, "The True Story of the Ambiguous Idea of Capital" reevaluates Adam Smith’s contributions to the field of economics with verve. Philosophical and exploratory, Mario Fabbri’s "The True Story of the Ambiguous... Read More

In her memoir "What You Don’t Know Will Make a Whole New World", librarian Dorothy Lazard reflects on her childhood through the neighborhoods of California’s Bay Area. As a girl in St. Louis, Lazard would often wander her... Read More

In the short stories of Lynn Levin’s wry, tragicomic collection "House Parties", some people struggle; others behave badly. In “Tell Us About Your Experience,” an office worker who’s sick of filling out satisfaction surveys... Read More

Sara B. Elfgren’s novel "Grim" sets paranormal suspense and occult magical realism to the soundtrack of eighties death metal. Kasper is eighteen and lives in the shadow of his father’s once-popular death metal band, Dark Cruelty.... Read More

In Marta Balcewicz’s novel "Big Shadow", a lonely teenager’s lunge for freedom ends in disappointment and near disaster. Seventeen-year-old Judy’s friend Alex has given her an important job: watching the clouds for signs of the Big... Read More

Daphne Kalotay’s short story collection "The Archivists" showcases grief and loss alongside sublime moments of human connection. In “Relativity,” an American social worker helps Holocaust survivors access end-of-life services while... Read More

Impossible Belonging, Maya Pindyck’s third collection after Emoticoncert and Friend Among Stones, received the Philip Levine Prize for Poetry on the heels of her fellowships and grants from the National Endowment of the Arts, Poetry... Read More

M. S. Coe’s experimental novel "The Formation of Calcium" is presented as the transcripts of tapes made by a middle-aged woman who is stuck in upstate New York with her depressed and abusive husband. Mary Ellen is quirky and... Read More