Fariha Róisín’s novel sings of building joy within sorrow and spins a gossamer reverie that clings to the consciousness. Taylia grows up on the Upper West Side as the less loved younger daughter of a mixed race family. Her father is... Read More

A brave young woman confronts modern-day sexism and classism in Peace Adzo Medie’s novel "His Only Wife". Left penniless after her father’s death, Afi and her mother survive thanks to the wealth of a benefactor, Aunty Faustina. When... Read More

"The Savior of 6th Street" is Orlando Ortega-Medina’s lucid and engrossing new novel about a man who grows up in Los Angeles’s dark, 1980s underworld. Virgilio is twenty years old, an accomplished artist, and street smart. He lives... Read More

Kelly Daniels’s "A Candle for San Simón" is a gritty tale set in an unforgiving Central American world. Max, a born-again Christian, is trying to track down his father, Norman, who lives in Guatemala and drives a bus carrying... Read More

Corey Sobel’s magnificent debut novel, "The Redshirt", exposes the hypermasculinity of collegiate football as a freshman starts at a Division One school. Miles is younger and smaller than the rest of his teammates at King College.... Read More

Caroline Kim’s masterful short story collection captures myriad voices with nuance and insight. Their subjects impressive in their breadth, the stories focus on characters young and old, both women and men, and across cultures and... Read More

John McNally’s excellent short story collection "The Fear of Everything" includes nine tales of subtle terror. Beginning with “The Magician,” this book marks its territory: it specializes in a kind of removed, intellectual suburban... Read More

Estranged siblings deal with their dying father, and each other, in Charles Lambert’s novel "Prodigal". Jeremy and Rachel have never been close. Rachel, always their father’s favorite, resents her mother and brother for abandoning... Read More