Suffering is our national obsession. From wonder drugs to life-changing diet plans, to exist in the modern world is to be constantly plied with images of a life free of suffering. "The Four Noble Truths", compiled from the teachings of... Read More

The novel excels in its depiction of wine country and wine production. It’s set out in loving, exciting detail, with ample sensory elements. Patrick Ember’s "Wine Runs Deep" is part heist caper, part romance, and part redemption... Read More

Audibles: Granite Street Days is a warm, substantive, and fascinating story about living life fully and truly. Bob Krouchick’s semiautobiographical novel Audibles: Granite Street Days is all about life’s what-ifs. The story rests on... Read More

A compelling family drama resonant with feminist and queer issues, Martha K. Davis’s "Scissors, Paper, Stone" neatly captures the grit of intimacy as relationships expand and contract. “We had been walking for over an hour before I... Read More

"How to Set Yourself on Fire" is a brooding tale of memory, emotional malaise, grief, and voyeurism. Languorous, thirty-five-year old Sheila steals her dead grandmother’s shoe box, filled with 382 letters, and discovers a secret past.... Read More