There are more frightening things to be haunted by than ghosts in Circe Moskowitz’s horror anthology "All These Sunken Souls". Intense teenage emotions, the pressure of looming adulthood, generational traumas, and the stress of being... Read More
Sandy Winterbottom’s "The Two-Headed Whale" intertwines her engrossing 2016 Antarctica travel account with the story of a whaling ship deckhand in the early 1950s. Winterbottom spent six weeks on a “sleek, beautiful, hand-built—and... Read More
The evocative prayers collected in Danielle Dulsky’s Bones & Honey invite contemplation and transformation. Across thirteen sections devoted to archetypes and corresponding themes (the Heathen Queen represents empowerment; the Bone... Read More
A girl is consumed with grief and guilt when her mother goes missing in Siȃn Hughes’s luminous novel "Pearl". Marianne recalls the exact moment when the police stopped looking for her missing mother and began searching for her body.... Read More
Ethel Morgan Smith’s memoir "Path to Grace" covers the civil rights movement from the days following Reconstruction to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It also acknowledges that the quest for civil rights remains a living... Read More
Acclaimed food blogger and columnist Michal Korkosz’s "Polish’d" brims with dazzling recipes and inviting stories––virtuosic, vegetarian takes on traditional Polish cuisine with multicultural influences. Organized by cooking... Read More
Two friends share their dreams and troubles in Chiara Lagani and Mara Cerri’s graphic novel adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s "My Brilliant Friend". Elena and Lila have known each other for decades, so Elena is not surprised when Lila... Read More
After their experiences with infertility, Elizabeth Horn, Maria Novotny, and Robin Silbergleid put together "Infertilities, A Curation", a collection of essays, art, and poetry on the subject. Prior to the COVID-19 shutdowns, the ART of... Read More