In 1961, twentysomething Sandra Hochman interviewed forty-three-year-old poet Robert Lowell for Encounter magazine. Lowell agreed to meet her—just a half hour after their telephone call—at a New York City tea room and was immediately... Read More

Writing to one’s unborn child is reasonably common; it’s the starting point for Karl Ove Knausgaard’s upcoming quartet, for instance. Such a project might suggest romanticized anticipation, but Little Village managing editor Tim... Read More

Hamilton invites readers of every stripe to apply the lessons he learned along Moses’s path in their own daily lives. In Moses: In the Footsteps of the Reluctant Prophet, pastor Adam Hamilton investigates “the single most important... Read More

Transcending politicized arguments, this book emphasizes holistic, dynamic spirituality over “correct” belief and practice. In Holistic Islam: Sufism, Transformation, and the Needs of Our Time, Kabir Helminski debunks myths about... Read More

Lock draws from ex-slave narratives for this evocative novel set within American history. Norman Lock’s American Novels series engages creatively with nineteenth-century literary classics. In the fourth novel in the series, "A Fugitive... Read More

Sumich’s collection draws surprising connections between images and verse. David Sumich’s "The Picture Show" is a unique blend of verse and graphic art. Holding to a strict structure and narrow rhyme schemes, poems explore the... Read More

Everett extracts spiritual lessons from cycling, about loving one’s neighbor and adjusting to life’s rhythms. Laura Everett’s "Holy Spokes" is a refreshing blend of history, personal anecdotes, and encouragement toward exercise... Read More

Jones’s story has come full circle: she’s clean, out of the closet, and back home. For Sammi Jones, an MFA program in creative writing may have taken her to the inauspicious location of Fargo, North Dakota, but it was joining a... Read More