As a wellness and travel journalist in Brooklyn, Annie Daly got tired of the version of health Americans are often sold: one centered on jumping head first into the latest diet and workout trends, taking prescription medications, and... Read More

Otherworldliness informs the eighteen stories of Julian Mortimer Smith’s "The World of Dew and Other Stories", which range from traditional science fiction to speculative fiction, and from flash fiction to long-form short stories,... Read More

There are many men that Michael Sadowski has never been, and they all fill the pages of this honest recounting of his personal failures—a heartfelt memoir that ends on a note of hope. Schoolboy, athlete, hopeless romantic, family man... Read More

Feminist lawyer Priya-Alika Elias’s excellent essay collection "Besharam" explores modern womanhood in two nations. Elias grew up in India, came to the US for college and law school, and returned to India. Her strong, engaging voice... Read More

The inner world of a sick, antagonistic young man is the compelling focus of Aziz Mohammed’s novel, The Critical Case of a Man Called K. Narrated in direct, plain language, the book delves into the unsettled mind of a young man who is... Read More

P. Christiaan Klieger’s "Tibet" is a complex, storied survey of the mountainous homeland of the Dalai Lama. Once a powerful empire, Tibet has struggled for centuries to maintain its identity and independence, pushing back against... Read More

The president of the United States is one of the most visible people on the planet, and photographs of presidents have been an important part of their legacies for generations. Cara A. Finnegan explores the history of presidential... Read More

In "The Seven Doors", Agnes Ravatn’s sinuous, taut Nordic noir, an academic pieces together the truth about her missing tenant’s past to arrive at a devastating conclusion. Sixty-one-year-old Nina faces the demolition of her beloved... Read More