In Lee Ann Walling’s insightful novel "The Salt and Light Express", a grieving woman undertakes a solo road trip that opens her to the transformative power of relationships. Chris drives her Winnebago from Delaware to Utah with the... Read More

A supportive business guide, "Leading Through Free Fall" is realistic in its analysis of the disruptions and tension that can accompany innovation projects. Brianna Sylver’s business book "Leading Through Free Fall" analyzes innovation... Read More

Amara Moira wrestles with sex work and identity in her piercing essay collection So What If I’m a Puta. This public diary documents Moira’s decision to use sex work to embrace her identity as a travesti, a distinct cultural... Read More

An unsolved disappearance and Croatia’s independence overlap in Jurica Pavičić’s expansive novel "Red Water". In 1989, Silva disappears near Split, then part of Yugoslavia. A lengthy hunt ensues, continuing decades after the... Read More

This painterly picture book follows a rabbit on a reality-bending adventure that makes magic of the everyday. A sliver of light shines between the curtains into Sato’s room; he plucks it free and uses it to stir his morning coffee.... Read More

"The Tale of Mr. Crocodile Takes Tea" is a philosophical children’s book whose inquisitive hero models the value of asking probing questions. In Lance Lee’s delightful children’s book "The Tale of Mr. Crocodile Takes Tea", a... Read More

In Scott Alexander Hess’s pastoral novel "Drought", an isolated man inherits a farm and learns about the estranged relative who left it to him. When Parnell, an aimless orphan, inherits a tobacco farm from his Uncle Willy, he moves to... Read More

Helen Wolff’s exquisite autobiographical novella "Background for Love" captures a brief yet idyllic Côte d’Azur respite from the impending fascism of 1930s Germany. A nameless German woman travels with her forty-year-old lover from... Read More