Sketching out a cross-time search for a meaningful connection, "The Madeleine Project" is a sweet, respectful ode to an ordinary life. In a time when platforms like Twitter seem more dangerous than hopeful, Clara Beaudoux’s magnificent... Read More

Olivas’s bold insistence on leaving a few seams visible makes his stories resound as a fascinating exploration of the art of storytelling. Angelenos on the margins make their entrance in The King of Lighting Fixtures, a collection of... Read More

Rich with memorable characters and moments, the story has a beautiful, sensual flow of language. Spanning from the late nineteenth century to the 1970s, S. Shankar’s "Ghost in the Tamarind" presents a portrait of a changing India, with... Read More

"A Few Minor Adjustments" is a mesmerizing and ultimately uplifting memoir about one woman’s journey to healing. "A Few Minor Adjustments" is a straightforward, mesmerizing account—with a dose of dry humor and wit—of one woman’s... Read More

"A Murder in Music City" imparts a great sense of 1960s Nashville as it unfolds an old crime in the present day. Eighteen-year-old college student Paula Herring was shot dead at her mother’s Nashville home in 1964, with her young... Read More

Hitchins’s mix of raw emotion and salty hilarity works beautifully. It takes a special kind of person to write a play-by-play description of masturbation that is simultaneously hilarious, repulsive, and sweet. That person is Shawn... Read More

Whether singing, dancing, or grumbling on the verge of a tantrum, Eileen Spinelli’s "Love You Always" conveys a message of unconditional love through simple, charmingly melodic verses and lovely pastel-hued vignettes from Gillian... Read More

With a ghost in the attic, a bogey monster in the basement, and a pixie in the piano, it’s no wonder Jackson is having trouble sleeping. No worries, though—some thoughtful problem solving guarantees a restful slumber for Jackson, and... Read More