Ambitious as it works to correct stereotypes and misinformation surrounding Druidic society, "The Mysterious Druids" is a revealing history. Dipping into disciplines as diverse as mythology and botany, Clayton N. Donoghue seeks to... Read More

Questions of body image, sexuality, family, and racial identity are raised in Jessica Mehta’s novel "You Look Something". When Julia moves from a small community college to a university in Portland, she immerses herself in every... Read More

“Dangerous the epiphany that you are old enough to have a history”: like a bullet through a pane of glass, so begins Julie Marie Wade’s hellacious essay collection, "Just an Ordinary Woman Breathing". In her nonlinear cavalcade of... Read More

Journalist Lauren McKeon interrogates the insidious and invisible power structures that keep women down, and shows how women “disrupt and reimagine” those structures, in "No More Nice Girls", a book all about the paradoxes of... Read More

Examining the causes and costs of dwindling jury trials in federal courts, "The Vanishing Trial" is a compelling glimpse behind the curtain of the courtroom. Brimming with courtroom drama and sobering statistics, Robert Katzberg’s "The... Read More

Continuing her inventive reimagining of Beauty and the Beast, Brigid Kemmerer blends magic, romance, and the growing specter of war in "A Heart So Fierce and Broken". With the curse broken and the enchantress Lilith defeated, Prince Rhen... Read More

When Maya reveals to the school principal that her boyfriend, Mike, has been hitting her, North Bay Academy fractures down its center, forcing Maya and those around her to come to terms with cracks within themselves. Shifting... Read More

An interrogation of language, pop culture, society, and the self, Andre Perry’s essay collection "Some of Us Are Very Hungry Now" dissects uncomfortable truths and universalities. Utilizing prose, film excerpts, and fanciful talk-show... Read More