America is a nation where “privilege is valued over work” and where the “grotesquely greedy and disturbingly dysfunctional” ruling elite not only rewrite the rules of the game but also “set about corrupting our referees.”... Read More

Thoughtful people cannot read Travis Robertson’s first novel, "The Neurosurgeon", without reexamining their own relationship to alcohol. This is an intense and fast-paced tale of booze, sex, and violence, played out by a talented and... Read More

When under duress, the mind wanders, traveling with little logic and searching for something to anchor itself upon. Such is the journey related in the English translation of "The Red Meadows", originally published in 1945 in Denmark.... Read More

The title of Raymond A. Ramirez’s memoir, "My Dad the Runner", has nothing to do with track and field, marathons, or anything else relating to sports. Ramirez’s father was a runner of another kind—the kind forever running from the... Read More

“Kelly came back to the question again and again: what did it mean to be an American Zen Roshi nearing the twenty-first century?” If Denis Kelly’s life was made into a novel, no one would believe it, so the truth, told here as... Read More

Michael Ozga issues an ultra-conservative rallying cry with "Progressive Dystopia", a quotation-filled collection of Republican rhetoric meant to discredit a broad range of liberal leaders and their policies. With near-evangelical... Read More

Eldon Spady’s "The No-Drama Manager" is a breath of fresh air because most books written for business managers have become increasingly formulaic. They frequently seem to be comprised of generalized tips written by expert consultants... Read More

Iranians possess such an “enormous national pride,” says Parviz Saney of his fellow countrymen, that they “as a whole never acknowledge defeat.” While this inner strength has often served them well in the darker periods of their... Read More