In William Hamilton’s posthumously-issued novel "The Dark of the Stars", two teenagers enter a mythical realm, where they band together to survive. Robert is an orphan who is planning to go on a holiday with his friends. Instead, he is... Read More

In Linda Williams Jackson’s historical novel "The Lucky Ones", a boy who’s living in poverty finds strength and a way forward through education. In 1968, Senator Robert Kennedy sets out on his Southern Poverty Tour, seeking to reveal... Read More

Victoria Buitron’s memoir "A Body Across Two Hemispheres" works across two languages and cultures to confront bureaucratic and sexist assumptions that were designed to punish immigrants and women. Born in Ecuador, Buitron moved to... Read More

In Andrew Colarusso and Karen An-hwei Lee’s collaborative story collection "Souvenirs", art begets art. These imaginative stories are inspired by sources including Emily Dickinson’s black cake recipe, a David Bowie song, The Pillow... Read More

In the instructive picture book "A Bully-Bad Day", a boy and his dog run into raucous animals, learning how to confront their behavior with care. In Diana Kizlauskas’s whimsical picture book "A Bully-Bad Day", a boy and his dog face an... Read More

"Sparrow" is a dreamy fairy tale riff on the adage to be careful what you wish for. In Brian Kindall’s fantasy novel "Sparrow", a boy in a village that suffers from inertia wishes on a falling star. In this work of magical realism,... Read More

Poet Kate Daniels’s memoir "Slow Fuse of the Possible" is about a three-year stint in psychoanalysis, where attention to language and the fall into the unconscious are likened to poetry itself. Daniels entered into psychoanalysis... Read More

Richard Butner’s collection of speculative short stories "The Adventurists" includes puppeteers, a decades-old cat, and homicidal servants who operate in alternate realities. Grounded by concrete pop culture details, each strange... Read More