A potent story of a diaspora coming-of-age, Denis Hirson’s memoir troubles the distance between inheritance and the lives we make for ourselves. In Hirson’s Johannesburg childhood, certain topics were forbidden, including politics... Read More

In a lakeside shtetl filled with very silly souls, a family walking at night spots the moon upon the water. The parents worry for the heavenly body’s safety, even as their children bemoan adult misunderstandings. Soon other villagers... Read More

A loyal group of translators find their allegiances tested when their author disappears in translator Jennifer Croft’s winking satirical novel "The Extinction of Irena Rey". The novel adopts a twisting conceit. It is the translated... Read More

Incisive and comfort filled, "I See You" is a business coach’s holistic guide for professional women. A warm hug of a self-help book for women, entrepreneur Amy Kemp’s "I See You" aims to help audiences harness their innate talents... Read More

A powerful wizard protects her right to self-determination in Patricia A. McKillip’s fantasy classic "The Forgotten Beasts of Eld". “Every time I read "The Forgotten Beasts of Eld", I am filled with love,” writes Marjorie Liu in... Read More

First generation immigrants navigate their striated society in Shida Bazyar’s pointed novel "Sisters in Arms". Saya, Kasih, and Hani grew up in metropolitan Germany, bound by their shared experiences as Muslim immigrants. But their... Read More

A Brazilian lawyer is reminded that intimacy is perilous in Patrícia Melo’s searing novel "The Simple Art of Killing a Woman". While researching fatal crimes against women, a lawyer lists the varying slights that caused men to kill... Read More

Daring women keep secrets, heal their neighbors, and protect each others’ futures in Bonnie Jo Campbell’s captivating novel "The Waters". On an island in a Michigan swamp sits a cabin whose residents seem to exist outside of time. As... Read More