An atypical mother fights for the daughter whom she loves in the moving legal novel "Raising Dawn". Diana Richmond’s melancholy contemporary novel "Raising Dawn" whorls around the question of what makes, and maintains, a family. Karen,... Read More

The Newlywed’s Window is an insightful, empathetic short story collection that focuses on women and LGBTQ+ people across Africa. The Newlywed’s Window gathers twelve compelling stories by contemporary African writers, most of which... Read More

The Writer’s Story is a twisting literary novel about a flawed writer who comes to question the stories that he tells himself about death and love. In Cory J. Schulman’s novel The Writer’s Story, a writer works through his craft by... 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

Corie Adjmi’s captivating novel "The Marriage Box" is situated among the opulent but restrictive culture of Syrian American Jews in the 1980s. Casey was a cheerleader at her New Orleans high school, and she mingled with a diverse range... Read More

In David Ehrlich’s contemporary novel "Café Shira", a literary coffee house located in the heart of Jerusalem becomes a temple for the patrons who frequent it. There are many people who regularly spend their time in Café Shira. They... Read More

A man mired in his past discovers a promising future in Brad Zellar’s novel "Till the Wheels Fall Off". Matt, a Midwestern kid whose father was killed in Vietnam and whose mother is quiet and impenetrable, finds refuge in the roller... Read More

In Lisa Solod’s novel "Shivah", family relationships are turned upside down after an abusive matriarch is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Leah’s mother was an unpredictable presence in her life. She only cared for her children... Read More