In Sally Bellerose’s novel "Fishwives", an elderly lesbian couple looks back on their lives together. Regina and Jackie have been together for sixty years. They are in mediocre health, can’t afford groceries without coupons, and are... Read More

When a hit-and-run kills a South Carolina teenager who was bicycling after dark, the fallout leads a community to ruminate. Jon Sealy’s "The Merciful" is a searing novel in which public judgments and personal reckonings spiral from a... Read More

"The Sky Worshipers" is an epic novel that pulls back the veil on the tumultuous life and times of Genghis Khan, the Mongol leader who was intent upon becoming the ruler of the world. In 1209 CE, at the celebration of her father’s... Read More

In Claudia Hernández’s complicated novel about war, longing, disappointment, and resilience, "Slash and Burn", story and style vie for supremacy. The story begins with the memory of a schoolgirl struggling through an exam on which the... Read More

Losses and dramas are nothing compared to the faith of the good family at the center of the historical novel "Amazing Grace". In Christiane Banks’s charming multigenerational novel, "Amazing Grace", a middle-class family endures... Read More

The French word “terroir” refers to the whole environment in which something is grown, and Natasha Sajé’s essay collection Terroir: Love, Out of Place applies this term to her life, examining the context in which her identity was... Read More

From the first snowfall of the year to the sprouting of spring, "Snow Days" walks through the magic of winter in charming rhyming couplets. Meticulous paper and fabric cutouts form illustrations that seem to leap off of the page, with... Read More

The book-within-a-book picture book "And a Book" opens the door to a magical world. Michael Molinet’s informative and engaging picture book "And a Book" explores children’s literature through dueling illustrations. The book is... Read More