Naomi Kanakia’s sparkling novel "The Default World" exposes the shaky foundations of community, love, and found family in post-capitalist San Francisco. After being cast out by her conservative Indian parents and struggling to build a... Read More

Greg Sarris’s short story collection "The Forgetters" is a triumphant testament to the power of storytelling. Answer Woman and Question Woman sit perched on a fence rail atop Sonoma Mountain. Answer Woman remembers all the stories but... Read More

In Erica McKeen’s dazzling novel "Cicada Summer", a young woman, her ex-lover, and her aging grandfather reckon with the aftermath of tragedy while cloistered together in a remote cabin in the Canadian wilderness. In the summer of... Read More

A vibrant memoir, "It Was Her New York" weaves a tangled web of cultural memories. C. O. Moed’s "It Was Her New York" is a moving, unconventional memoir that blends personal and cultural history to explore the process and aftermath of... Read More

"Nothing Sacred" is an anthology of short stories dedicated to the audacious and profane. This incendiary, daring book is filled with a diverse roster of stories that probe the boundaries of social and political conventions. In Alex... Read More

Julia Ridley Smith’s "Sex Romp Gone Wrong" is a collection of twelve provocative short stories that delve into the murky terrain of motherhood, sexuality, loss, and family in contemporary America. Funny, mournful, and alluring, the... Read More

In immersive and lyrical prose, Vénus Khoury-Ghata’s novel "The Fiancée Rode in on a Donkey" illuminates the life of a forgotten figure from French-Algerian history. When a rabbi rides into the Jewish community of Banu Qurayza, every... Read More