Authentic, reportorial stories explore diverse articulations of modern Jewish identity. The short-story collection "Verklempt" is Peter Sichrovsky’s first fiction work to be translated into English, and its stories explore modern... Read More

Barrett’s fresh and irreverent voice demands to be heard in this riotous and biting satire. A. Igoni Barrett’s stunning debut novel, "Blackass", provokes laughter, tears, guilt, and rage as it plumbs the depths of racist and sexist... Read More

A boarding school student with Tourette’s syndrome looks for the meaning of life in this offbeat novella. In "When We Were Invincible", a short novel by Jonathan Harnisch, a young man wrestles with depression and Tourette’s syndrome,... Read More

Supernatural forces define this story of illness, addiction, and redemption. Sydney, a teen dying of cancer, receives the support of three women across several lifetimes in "The Anesthesia Game", Rea Nolan Martin’s inspirational... Read More

A mentally ill man wrestles with his fetishes and inner demons in a novel that goes to extremes. Jonathan Harnisch’s "Lover in the Nobody" is a cross between intense sadomasochistic erotica and a psychological memoir, complete with... Read More

An incredibly engaging and thought-provoking story of one man haunted by the grief of his past. Max’s Diamonds, an excellent new work of fiction by Jay Greenfield, traces the life of a man hiding his past and a traumatic childhood.... Read More

Paul Bunyan is reimagined as a man, not a myth, whose personality is giant but whose challenges are all too human. Myth and plausible reality merge seamlessly in "Paul Bunyan", Darryl Wimberly’s fictional account of Bunyan as a mortal... Read More

Love transcends even the horrors of war in this culturally attuned new novel. War creates victims on all sides, but love can serve as a grounding force even in the midst of intense hatred. Antonio Roy’s "A Promise" tells the story of a... Read More