In "Mirror in the Sky", Simon Morrison traces the development of Stevie Nicks’s artistic persona via a perusal of her music. After a brief outline of Nicks’s early life in the American West, the book follows her artistic development,... Read More

Set during a turbulent era, "Fallout Shelter" follows as three Catholic men come of age—and as their friendships change. In Steven Schindler’s novel "Fallout Shelter", three boys from the Bronx stick together through their Catholic... Read More

"Soul of a Professor" is an inspiring memoir about a lengthy search for a higher calling. Lisa A. Pruitt’s calibrated memoir "Soul of a Professor" concerns how work once undermined her sense of self-worth. Pruitt grew up in New England... Read More

The Writer’s Story is a twisting literary novel about a flawed writer who comes to question the stories that he tells himself about death and love. In Cory J. Schulman’s novel The Writer’s Story, a writer works through his craft by... Read More

In Caroline Kline’s "Mormon Women at the Crossroads", the stories of devout Mormon women in Mexico, Botswana, and the US are placed in conversation with church theology. The book is both about the interviewed women’s ways of thinking... Read More

Daniel Paisner’s literary novel "Balloon Dog" revolves around a sculpture heist—though its artful characters are also vulnerable to other kinds of theft. Though he used to be a respected writer, middle age killed Harrison’s... Read More

"The Escalator" is a sympathetic novel in which a peculiar family is impacted by the predicaments of an era. In Andrew Budden’s novel Escalator, a family’s period of mourning is complicated by Brexit and a pandemic. William was a... Read More

Daria’s Secrets is an intimate historical novel about a Holocaust survivor’s rituals, relationships, and emotional reckoning with her memories. In Jeff Ingber’s novel Daria’s Secrets, a Holocaust survivor faces her past with the... Read More