Family, loyalty, and forgiveness are at the center of Leslie Gray Streeter’s humorous novel "Family and Other Calamities". Dawn, a self-made Black journalist, is the founder of the online entertainment publication Glitter. Her hard... Read More

Inspired by the true story of a personal art piece that became a comfort to thousands, this heart-wrenching picture book includes an age-appropriate portrayal of grief. Makio and Mr. Hirota make a game of watching for Makio’s father... Read More

Štěpánka Jislová’s revelatory graphic memoir "Heartcore" is about feeling unable to form romantic connections. From a young age, Jislová felt different from other girls. She dealt with her insecurities by pursuing boys, thinking... Read More

Dizzying visions haunt the otherwise delicate beauty of Frederic S. Durbin’s supernatural novel "The Country Under Heaven". Since surviving the Battle of Antietam, Ovid experiences the intrusion of premonitory shimmers. As he migrates... Read More

An art conservator, a scholar, and a portraitist embrace the mysteries of love and ancestry in Katherine Scott Crawford’s enchanting fantasy novel The Miniaturist’s Assistant. In 2004, Gamble works in a Charleston museum. Fascinated... Read More

Publishing at a time of constitutional crisis at the federal level, Marcus Alexander Gadson’s book "Sedition" takes an in-depth look at how earlier violent crises played a key part in shaping and altering the constitutions of... Read More

In Alex Foster’s alarming novel "Circular Motion", loners seek purpose as technologically advanced transportation veers the world toward the apocalypse. Fleeing small-minded Alaska, Tanner becomes the assistant to the new spokesperson... Read More

In Kady Ambrose’s fantasy novel All that Shimmers, an orphaned nursemaid yearns for love against the backdrop of World War I and the influenza epidemic. Vanessa knows she is fortunate to work as a nursemaid for vacationing families at... Read More