Halloween meals mark the anniversary of a twin sister’s death in Sarah Gilmartin’s novel "Dinner Party". Growing up, Kate thought that people either wore their emotions on their sleeves or suppressed them. Her melodramatic,... Read More

Revealing the power of being present and listening to others, Traci Medford-Rosow’s memoir "Unsheltered Love" covers her encounters with people facing homelessness during COVID-19. In the early days of the pandemic, Medford-Rosow and... Read More

Mournful, yearning, and reflective, the essays of S. L. Wisenberg’s "The Wandering Womb" wonder through Jewish women’s realities in the diaspora. Wisenberg—the descendant of Russian Jews who immigrated to the American South in the... Read More

Both luscious and melancholy, Madelaine Lucas’s novel sifts through the ashes of a woman’s formative romantic relationship, unearthing the truths that she once evaded. Though her childhood circumstances were somewhat circumscribed,... Read More

In Mia Tsai’s novel "Bitter Medicine", two haunted immortals find love despite overwhelming obstacles. Elle was once an aspiring artist and powerful glyphmaker. She has two brothers—one is arrogant, but fun and loyal; the other is... Read More

"Underwater Daughter" is a poetic memoir about transformation and transcendence after abuse. Drawing on a collage of dreams, poems, vignettes, lists, and epigraphs, Antonia Deignan’s unusual memoir "Underwater Daughter" concerns the... Read More

Connor Beaton’s expansive self-help guide Men’s Work is about confronting and rectifying self-sabotaging habits. Across three sections, Beaton provides guidance for identifying one’s harmful thoughts and actions and for redirecting... Read More

Elizabeth Breau’s historically astute text connects events in Europe’s and the US’s past to make them more understandable for students doing test preparation. Elizabeth Breau’s educational guide "History According to SAT" shares... Read More