Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst disasters in US history. Though it may be hard to imagine positive events emerging from this tragedy, the mega-storm has inspired creativity in all artistic fields. Sometimes it takes a devastating... Read More

It is important for all readers to have access to stories they can relate to. Since not every romance is heterosexual, neither is every romance novel. In Under the Sheets, author Gweneth Ferdinand explores the connections among a large... Read More

Women’s reproductive health issues are controversial, irretrievably entangled with religion and politics, and fraught with intense emotion. In Spirits, Paula Graham approaches the subject of abortion through the use of... Read More

“I walked over to where my father sat at the kitchen table and knelt beside him on the floor. I could see that he was terribly upset, but there was nothing I could do to ease his discomfort. The role I had chosen for myself as advocate... Read More