One winter, Trucks, a damaged boxer in his forties, takes his deaf daughter, Claudia, out of a children’s home in Wisconsin. In Jonathan Starke’s You’ve Got Something Coming, they hitchhike west for a fresh start. This bittersweet... Read More

Marlin M. Jenkins invigorates a potent mythology with his collection "Capable Monsters", which is grounded in the beloved Pokémon franchise and which uses its lines to navigate a queer, black life. With entries made original by the... Read More

"Diggy the Dog Explores Friendship" is lovable for its example of asking for help and finding friends in the bargain. In Adam Loveless’s frolicsome picture book, a dog who’s stranded on the wrong side of a river bank finds his way... Read More

"The Moon Always Rising" is a complicated and memorable supernatural romance. In Alice C. Early’s unusual romance "The Moon Always Rising", an investment banker buys a haunted West Indies estate, filling it with hope for her future.... Read More

Though it is set in turbulent times, "Beyond the Ghetto Gates" is a timeless coming-of-age story. A teenager’s world is upturned as she’s pulled between her timeless desire and her sense of family duty in Michelle Cameron’s... Read More

"Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride" infuses local color with an eventful coming-of-age story that’s both expressive and nostalgic. The advent of interurban trolley cars inspires a Maine farm girl to dream of life beyond her... Read More

There’s plenty of warmth to the stories of Farmer Arnold’s Barnyard, which make life on a farm seem charming and serene. In M.E. Hulme’s bucolic collection Farmer Arnold’s Barnyard, uplifting tales team classic farm animals with... Read More

Lara Tupper’s melancholy alternative history combines the romance of visionary, socially outlying artists with down-to-earth events that reveal them as fallible people. "Off Island" reimagines Paul Gauguin’s final year and connects... Read More