"Little Red Barns" blends investigative journalism with memoir to unveil the cruelty and corruption of American factory farms. The book aims to dismantle the myth of the idyllic American family farm and confront the grim realities of... Read More
In reflective prose, Tariq Mehmood’s kaleidoscopic novel "Sing to the Western Wind" unravels the life of man driven to the brink by political and religious violence. Saleem is at the end of his life. He has bombs strapped to his chest... Read More
Cosima Clara Gillhammer’s fresh history text "Light on Darkness" shows how Christian liturgy shaped Western civilization. Beginning with Western European worship during the Middle Ages, the book traces Christian liturgy’s influence... Read More
An unsolved disappearance and Croatia’s independence overlap in Jurica Pavičić’s expansive novel "Red Water". In 1989, Silva disappears near Split, then part of Yugoslavia. A lengthy hunt ensues, continuing decades after the... Read More
Philip Kadish’s "The Great White Hoax" is a fresh history of American racial discourse centered on the cynical ways in which fraudulent narratives and outright hoaxes have manipulated public perceptions of race. Told through a series... Read More
In Andrew Kaufman’s wry, bawdy, and surreal supernatural short story collection "Enjoy Your Stay at the Shamrock Motel", travelers at personal crossroads happen upon a motel where unexplainable events alter their perceptions of... Read More
A masterful satirization of contemporary society’s sins, "EnWorld" is an engaging supernatural novel. In Leland James’s whip-smart corporate satire "EnWorld", Satan and his devilish subordinates are on a quest to strip the world of... Read More
An immigrant contends with alienation and love in Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo’s spirited novel "The Tiny Things Are Heavier". Nigerian Sommy is a graduate student in Iowa, though she’s ambivalent about the virtues of the American... Read More