Inventive scenarios make the short stories collected in "Urban Disturbances" disturbing, disarming, and worthwhile. Bruce McDougall probes the undersides of city and suburban life in his short story collection "Urban Disturbances". These... Read More

Effective and affecting, the poems collected in "Explanatory Value" observe and expand upon everyday occurrences. Florence Fogelin’s crafted poetry collection "Explanatory Value" considers age, loss, and the wider world. These poems... Read More

A girl falls under the spell of a fairy who offers her a Faustian bargain in the graphic novel "Stars, Hide Your Fire". Moved by ennui and restlessness, Andrea dreams of escaping her small, ordinary Massachusetts town. While exploring an... Read More

Established writers and beginners will find practical advice for their crafts and careers in "Swallowed by a Whale". Half of this fresh, exciting book consists of essays, poems, and illustrations, between which are compilations of... Read More

The graphic history "A Revolution in Three Acts" profiles the careers of three daring and influential vaudeville entertainers, from their ambitious beginnings to their tragic ends. Bert Williams was a singer, actor, and comedian who... Read More

The work of the famed twentieth-century Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca is given an additional, exciting visual dimension by Tobias Tak in the graphic adaptation "Canciones Federico Garcia Lorca". Garcia Lorca’s poems are known for... Read More

Marvano’s historical graphic novel "The Jewish Brigade" covers the group that fought as part of the British Army in World War II. In the weeks after Nazi Germany’s surrender, Leslie Toliver, a member of the Jewish Brigade, is on a... Read More

Matt Madden uses multiple methods of visual storytelling in the surreal, inventive graphic novel "Ex Libris". A troubled person enters a room that holds a bookshelf stocked with comics and graphic novels. Wondering about the provenance... Read More