Somewhere between the weight of Faulkner and the ease of Kesey, Kent Meyers brings to American fiction a tenaciously gripping story that moves with the subtle subterfuge of an aging river current. Once caught in the tow, the reader is... Read More

This volume of essays constitutes a formidable, eloquent and contentious new work of gay literary criticism. Woodhouse is not afraid to stir up conflict as he nominates—or rejects—texts for the gay canon, then guides his reader... Read More

If the leaves be put beneath your pillow, you will be well protected from troublesome dreams and all mental anxiety. So begins the section on “Rosemary,” but the advice fares well for the whole, pretty volume. This book is written in... Read More

What dirty little secrets are in your closet in your parent’s house along with the baseball glove and the high school yearbook? In a fine first novel, Tom Hazuka flies protagonist Jimmy Dolan back to Connecticut for his father’s... Read More

"Extremities" is the latest effort from Bram Stoker and Locus award-winner Kathe Koja. A collection of 17 stories, Extremities is a baffling, exceedingly dark collection of narratives. Aptly titled, the tales within are extremes... Read More

Soul Work offers a refreshingly unconventional approach to the quest for satisfying work. Rather than focusing on matching occupations against personality traits as many other books do, this book advocates finding one’s ideal job... Read More

“We all live in fear of shoreless feelings,” and in Halme’s second book of poems she attempts to provide these shores. Most prominent is Halme’s sensual commitment to language; her poems resonate with a phonetic lushness... Read More

Sam Pickering, the author of this, his 10th book of essays, was the model for the Robin Williams? character in the 1989 film Dead Poet’s Society. He is an English professor at the University of Connecticut at Storrs, one of many... Read More