Nuanced, wise, and enthralling, "Elephants in the Hourglass" is Kim Frank’s extraordinary memoir about her adventures investigating the plight of Asian elephants in northeast India—inquiries that run alongside accounts of personal... Read More

Megan Rogers’s engrossing novel "The Heart Is a Star" dissects life, love, and truth. Layla, a troubled mother, wife, and anesthesiologist, navigates a turbulent life and an uncomfortable past. When her distant mother calls with... Read More

In Sergei Lebedev’s harrowing novel "The Lady of the Mine", murdered souls buried in an abandoned Ukrainian coal mine haunt the country’s emerging conflict with Russia. In 2014, Zhanna leaves college to care for her ailing mother,... Read More

It’s Sarah’s first Eid in her new country, and she’s looking forward to friends and relatives filling her Eidi bag with money, just like they did in Pakistan. When she arrives at the masjid, however, no one has any coins for her.... Read More