Novelist and poet Phillip Lopate sets these two novellas in Brooklyn, which becomes an almost magical, tragical-comical borough as readers learn how a stoic easily deceives himself and how a husband and wife keep secrets even as they... Read More

At age sixty an unnamed female narrator recalls her coming of age in the isolated Danish village of Vrangbaek, remembering the imprint her brother and World War II left on her. Norwegian author Per Petterson won the International IMPAC... Read More

With the recent aftermath of Hurricane Katrina looming in the background, Wright’s new novel hovers delicately between the reality of the hurricane’s catastrophic damage to the city of New Orleans, and the intertwined lives of a few... Read More

In this triptych of a novel, three main characters—white men in the prime of their professional lives—appear in three separate yet related stories set in Cape Town, South Africa, in present times. Driven by their careers and loved by... Read More

Sooky is only six years old when her family moves next door to an older man named Lionel. As her parents’ marriage falls apart, Sooky spends more time with Lionel, helping him tend his chickens. She basks in the adult attention,... Read More

At some time in life one may be called, by feelings too strong to deny, to pass time in solitude. Author Robert Kull first felt this call as a young man in his twenties who was then living the “macho” life of a logger on the west... Read More

Whether or not a reader is familiar with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Dr. Qanta Ahmed’s debut memoir is a mesmerizing read. It’s also the perfect primer for those who want to know what life is really like for women in a rigidly... Read More

“The truth is, gestation is a journey. The actual destination is parenthood, and that’s another trip altogether.” Author Jenna McCarthy was sure parenthood was for other women until she felt her own clichéd biological clock... Read More