A man searches the multiverse for self-realization in the graphic novel "The Wormhole Society". Rusty is a sex-obsessed guy with erectile dysfunction and a history of demeaning women. He orders a call girl, Sonya, humiliates her, then... Read More

Framed through the metaphor of broken glass, Sara Ella’s lush fantasy novel "Glass Across the Sea" is a breathtaking story of love and redemption. Long ago in Allumeria, the benevolent Lamplighter gave humanity a miraculous lantern.... Read More

Annette Knopp’s eloquent memoir "Mystic Nomad" is about spiritual and psychological enlightenment and troubled relationships. Knopp grew up with an unaffectionate mother, leading to lasting wounds. Later, she had difficulty maintaining... Read More

The earnest, spirited essays of "Queer Communion" highlight the contradictions and unexpected blessings of squaring queerness with Christianity in Appalachia. Herein, thirteen authors muse on family ties, shifting identity, and rejecting... Read More

Noting that only 40 percent of nations have ever had a woman leader, Kate Graham’s plucky biographical essay collection Run the World like a Girl introduces women politicians who beat the odds to work for equality. The book contains... Read More

In Susannah Fullerton’s creative biographical collection, seventeen cats are vehicles for stories of the authors who cared for them. “Since cats were first domesticated and since human beings first began to write,” the book notes,... Read More

A boy’s little white lie takes on a big green life of its own in this wise picture book about the snowballing consequences of dishonesty. Pepe is self-conscious about bringing the comic book he drew for show-and-tell; at the last... Read More

In Jennifer Bannan’s lush short story collection "Tamiami Trail", cypresses and Spanish moss evoke the Everglades. While centered on Miami, Monroe Station and the Tamiami Trail function as a mythical loci from which spores of... Read More