Indigenous culture is at war with imperialism in E. G. Condé’s haunting novella "Sordidez". In a future ravaged by climate disaster and biochemical warfare, Puerto Rico is caught in the new cold war between China and the United States... Read More

A punk rock teacher is embroiled in a major protest movement in Sim Kern’s involving speculative novel The Free People’s Village. Maddie is an English teacher. She has a crush on Red, who is trans and nonbinary. Red lives in the Lab,... Read More

Arguing that pirates did more than lawlessly pillage the high seas, Rebecca Simon’s fascinating book The Pirates’ Code reveals their rules of engagement—and the steep consequences of eschewing these. There were heavy implications... Read More

The emotional, provocative stories collected in What’s Next? concern the apprehension that accompanies change. There is one echoing question in the throes of transformation—a question that can linger and settle in the bones, a... Read More

Dragon’s Way is an epic historical novel in which Vikings battle with Saxons for control of medieval Albion. The Great Heathen Army marches on in Ian McKay Nunn’s medieval historical novel Dragon’s Way. Hygel, son of Guthorm,... Read More

In her memoir "What You Don’t Know Will Make a Whole New World", librarian Dorothy Lazard reflects on her childhood through the neighborhoods of California’s Bay Area. As a girl in St. Louis, Lazard would often wander her... Read More

In Olivia Wolfgang-Smith’s emotive novel "Glassworks", four generations struggle under the weight of unexpressed feelings, unsaid words, and unmet needs. It starts with a bee. In 1910, heiress Agnes takes a renowned glass artist,... Read More

A lawyer grapples with temptation in Orlando Ortega-Medina’s novel "The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants". Marc should be on top of the world. He is a successful lawyer, he has a loving relationship with Isaac, and he has been sober for... Read More