Jarman’s prose circles ideas, revisiting them, adding flesh and depth to what seemed to be a fleeting character or encounter. Divorced and abandoned by the love he thought would replace his marriage, the narrator of this collection of... Read More

Wain shares fascinating anecdotes about his travels around the world. Over the course of eighty years, David Wain managed to visit seventy-seven countries, marry three women, found his own business, achieve financial success, and... Read More

Liu is the first to the wreckage, like a reporter at the scene, but his understanding moves far beyond the factual into the metaphorical. “You ask me to speak but my mouth holds back—my heart a house God remodels daily with an... Read More

These poems, about a daughter with a cancer, offer rich contemplation and deft formal technique. Jeredith Merrin begins her poetry collection "Cup" with a tidal wave, the near mythic Poroca of Brazil, “a twelve-foot wall of water with... Read More

The romance of the Spanish countryside wars with the practicality of England in this romance set in the 1950s. A large volume, rife with romanticized descriptions of Spain, Hannah Fielding’s "Indiscretion" traces the relationship of... Read More

Burnett takes the midlife crisis to a new, comedic level with the navel-gazing Malcolm Poe. Self-delusional, snarky, and narcissistic, Malcom Poe dreams of escape from his wife, his cushy editing job, and multimillion-dollar real estate.... Read More

The speaker in Bennett’s poetry questions her mother’s love and her sexuality, offering coming-of-age insight. "Canoodlers" looks hip—bright colors, swooping birds, titles in the table of contents alternating between black and... Read More

Playing with perspective and personification, Hoffman introduces new observations about pregnancy. In her poetry collection "Paper Doll Fetus", Cynthia Marie Hoffman takes on a voice of the disenfranchised, those made marginal and... Read More