Book Review
A Feral Chorus
by Kristen Rabe
In Matthew J. White’s rollicking, imaginative novel "A Feral Chorus", a man who’s stuck in life embarks on a meandering, life-changing road trip from Florida to New Orleans. Guy works as a car salesman in Houston after dropping out...
Book Review
Campfire Stories Volume II
by Kristen Rabe
"Campfire Stories Volume II" is a lively, thought-provoking collection of essays and poems that represent diverse perspectives on national parks and trails. This volume highlights five national parks and two trails via pieces like George...
Book Review
Mary Magdalene
by Kristen Rabe
Philip C. Almond’s fascinating and comprehensive cultural study of Mary Magdalene reviews hundreds of interpretations of the revered saint and explores the creative tension between her complex tradition and the history of religious...
Book Review
In Other Lifetimes All I’ve Lost Comes Back to Me
by Kristen Rabe
The stories of Courtney Sender’s brooding, poignant collection "In Other Lifetimes All I’ve Lost Comes Back to Me" meditate on memory, loss, and desire. A handful of characters surface in various incarnations in these fourteen linked...
Book Review
Off-Earth
by Kristen Rabe
Imaginative and captivating, Erika Nesvold’s "Off-Earth" poses vital, wide-ranging ethical questions about the future of human communities in outer space. While books on interplanetary travel typically focus on technology, this...
Book Review
Justice Is Served
by Kristen Rabe
In the delightful, enthralling memoir "Justice Is Served", Leslie Karst describes her nine-month endeavor to plan an elegant, four-course dinner for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her husband Marty. When Karst’s father,...
Book Review
Bark On
by Kristen Rabe
"Bark On" is Mason Boyles’s free-ranging, fanciful novel about the complex dynamics and extreme training regimen of two triathletes. Benji, a scandalized former Olympic trainer, recruits and coaches endurance athletes for Ironman...
Book Review
Sweetlust
by Kristen Rabe
In the daring, imaginative short stories of Asja Bakić’s "Sweetlust", strong-minded women fight for survival and search for meaning in disturbing dystopian worlds. Set in the Balkans and mostly in the near future, these stories...