God has never been this damned funny in this pseudo-sacred, sacrilegious piece of silliness. In his debut comic novel, Chris Matheson, screenwriter for the Bill & Ted flicks, grabs a seat at the theater of the absurd for an... Read More

A complex and disarming young woman follows her heart, lust, and taste for adventure in an unusual route to maturity and self-actualization. Lorraine M. López’s "The Darling" is a coming-of-age story in the time-honored tradition, a... Read More

In this gritty, fast-paced mystery, a New York detective must solve the murder of a former lover before the killer strikes again. Somewhere in a Manhattan apartment, a woman has died, apparently by suicide. However, not everyone is so... Read More

Well-drawn characters and a rich prose style make this a strong historical debut. With his debut novel, "Honey from the Lion", Matthew Neill Null crafts a rich narrative about a team of timber workers who plan a violent general strike... Read More

Anyone standing on the precipice of a big change and needing guidance and reassurance that much of how we experience our lives is within our control will find it here. When Kathryn Kemp Guylay and her young family relocated to Sun... Read More

Winner of the 2014 Cowles Poetry Book Prize, the fetchingly named "Underwater Panther" is Angie Macri’s debut collection of poems rooted in Mississippi River landscapes and lore. Ismenian Dragon Is a constellation bigger than the... Read More

This is a whirlwind biography of Jules Pascin, “The Prince of Montparnasse,” a bohemian Jewish artist who lived and worked in France in the 1920s. Various vignettes from his life are portrayed, illuminating Pascin’s voracious sex... Read More

A columnist and author of several essay collections, Mary Lou Sanelli writes about everyday life, but does so in a way that feels like a friend sharing stories; it’s the details more than the circumstances themselves that stand out. "A... Read More