This novel shows that selfishness may lead to great power, but that power still requires selfless responsibility. David Castello’s The Diary of an Immortal is an engrossing novel set in a rapidly changing world. Vivid details bring to... Read More

Young Marvin helps his grandpa learn to stop and smell the roses, or rather, to stop and taste the bananas, in King Calm: Mindful Gorilla in the City, from pediatric psychologists Susan D. Sweet and Brenda Miles. Through the hustle and... Read More

Women have assumed presidential power before, as this compelling portrait of Edith Wilson shows. Has America already had a woman president? William Hazelgrove’s Madam President: The Secret Presidency of Edith Wilson makes a compelling... Read More

"Cinderstella" is a retelling of a classic fairy tale, but in this version, the young lass has dreams that go far beyond finding a prince. Cinderstella’s stepsisters demand her help each day to get ready for the ball, but at night, she... Read More

"Palookaville" is a fascinating source of insight into the work of an excellent and ambitious cartoonist. Tom Smart turns his trained eye to the art and worldview of Canadian cartoonist and graphic novelist Seth in the meticulous... Read More

The Essential D. G. Jones has distilled the essence of the man’s work into a small, potent package. In the latest in its outstanding “Essential Poets” series, publisher The Porcupine’s Quill presents a concise but grand... Read More

Sixteen collections of poems. Poet Laureate of Colorado 2014–2018. Literary magazine editor. Literary book publisher cofounder. Judging the man by his poetry, Joseph Hutchison is as sane and sensitive as poet’s come, with the writing... Read More

“High in the sky, green, white, red, and purple ribbons of light flicker and wave, as if dancing to the sounds of a celestial choir.” That lyrical description of the aurora opens Joan Marie Galat’s Stories of the Aurora, the sixth... Read More