In India Swift’s graphic novel "The Girl and the Glim", a cosmic battle between the forces of light and darkness plays out as a girl seeks to adapt to life in a new town. On Bridgette’s embarrassing first day at her new school,... Read More

J. A. Mensah’s "Castles from Cobwebs" is a haunting coming-of-age tale. Imani is a Ghanaian orphan who was left on a castle incline in Northumbria. Picked up by the reverend mother of a convent, Imani is raised there, experiencing... Read More

In Arinze Ifeakandu’s short story collection, queer Nigerian men defy cultural norms to pursue love. For the Nigerian families in these tales, traditional masculinity is of the utmost importance. Loving men, or not looking manly... Read More

Lisa Forbes writes with power and insight about recovering from trauma, incarceration, and subsequent injustices in her memoir I Can Take It from Here. Forbes served fourteen years in prison for the murder of a former lover. She spent... Read More

In Tiffany Meuret’s contemporary fantasy novel "Little Bird", a divorced woman encounters magic beyond her comprehension, shaking up her messy life and forcing her to assess her priorities, as well as the meanings of life and death.... Read More

The essays of Raquel Gutiérrez’s "Brown Neon" mix personal writing with cultural history and criticism to explore race, gender, migration, and art in the southwestern US during the 45th presidency. “On Making Butch Family: An... Read More

Through her lyrical memoir "This or Something Better", Elisa Stancil Levine revisits painful events from her past and endeavors to become more empathetic. Levine’s story of resilience is framed by an account of a fire in California... Read More

A woman’s obsession with a forgotten poet leads to life-changing personal and historical discoveries in Shola von Reinhold’s novel "LOTE". Mathilda finagles her way into the lives of others and lives off of their largess until... Read More