Lindsay H. Metcalf’s enthralling biographical novel-in-verse highlights the scientist’s contributions and challenges as an inventor, wife, and mother in the 1800s. "Footeprint" begins with baby Eunice “kicking the glass ceiling /... Read More

In Andrée Poulin’s haunting, empathetic novel-in-verse "Planting Sunshine", a boy tries to understand war from the safety of his home. Theo’s story opens on an ordinary afternoon, when he’s playing basketball with his father. But... Read More

The vibrant poetry collection "The Banished and the Dead" is a stark, deliberate confrontation with the truths people choose to remember and the ones they struggle to name. Anne Leigh Parrish’s vivid poetry collection "The Banished and... Read More

Romance and intimacy are not pathways to anyone’s happily-ever-after in the poems of "The Thorn Key", whose entries are seamless in reimagining fairy tales in the context of feminist values. Folklorist Jeana Jorgensen’s muscular... Read More

"Feel Me" is a quite personal collection of poetry and art that records steps toward healing from trauma. In Aily Carranza’s exuberant poetry collection "Feel Me", poems and artwork are therapeutic modalities for healing. Using poetry... Read More

"Popol Vuh" is an immersive, inventive reinterpretation of a Mayan creation myth. Jemshed Khan reengages the Mayan creation myth Popol Vuh by reimagining the Hero Twins and their tumultuous time in the underworld. Complemented by surreal... Read More

The is much to gain from African knowledge, not least an understanding of how one’s ancestors can bless a life. We learn as much from Nigerian poet Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto, a PHD candidate in English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.... Read More

From June Road Press, a literary micropress, and queer Cleveland writer Mary Simmons, "Mother, Daughter, Augur" opens a realm where femininity, mythology, and Victorian ideals of beauty hold sway and wolves prowl. At Bowling Green State... Read More