Encompassing both pain and hope, "Sideffect" is the story of a mourning father’s pursuit of justice. Rodney Bridge’s based-in-truth novel "Sideffect" details a father’s efforts to redress the death of his son. At sixteen,... Read More

A newspaper clipping ignites a widow’s search for the truth in Sam Shelstad’s mystery novel "Citizens of Light". Colleen has been going through the motions since the death of her husband, Leonard. While on shift at the call center,... Read More

In "How We Live Is How We Die", Pema Chödrön contemplates the spiritual, psychological, and physical aspects of death from a reasoned, resonant Buddhist perspective. Chödrön is a teacher and a Buddhist nun. Now in her mid-eighties,... Read More

In Brenda Lozano’s "Witches", an Indigenous healer tells her story to a reporter who has her own unhealed wounds. Paloma was killed for being Muxe, a third gender recognized by the Zapotec, one of Mexico’s many Indigenous groups. The... Read More

Roy Dennis is a UK wildlife conservation pioneer; in the past six decades, he has been particularly active in reintroducing birds of prey, including ospreys and white-tailed eagles. In the essays of "Mistletoe Winter", his excitement... Read More

Cian Cruise’s essay collection "Dad Bod" explores pop culture papas with irrepressible verve. Motivated by his recent fatherhood and relentless curiosity, the book deploys a sharp wit, exuberant irreverence, and keen intellect to... Read More

In Jodi Carmichael’s novel "The U-nique Lou Fox", a young playwright learns lessons in creativity and perseverance. Lou knows that she is destined to be a famous playwright. In the meantime, though, she is stuck navigating the fifth... Read More

"Sinkhole"’s murder mystery takes place in the swampy hinterlands of Florida, with emphasis on teenage trauma and buried secrets brought to light. In June of 2001, Michelle, a native of the backwater Lorida, comes home for the first... Read More