This superbly imagined work of essays packs insights of home, nationality, and belonging into a profound conclusion. “Home is the first exile. To belong in one place is to not belong in another.” With a distinctive voice, Esi Edugyan... Read More

Precise imagery lays bare emotional experiences and observations. Sally Gallot-Reeves is a poet of witness. In "Between Shifts", she uses her writing as a recording device, a way of processing the trauma and healing that often surrounds... Read More

This entertaining poetic display captures inner experiences and converts them into meaningful words, with musicality and grace. Patricia Jamison, a Midwesterner who currently lives in Texas, has been writing poetry for fifteen years. She... Read More

An engaging book for younger readers, filled with enriching details. Kids will find "The Lost Locket", by Bonnie Black, an easy, fun read with a bit of a surprise at the climax. Serious themes range from experiencing grief (over the... Read More

With her optimistic self-help book, Abundance is Your Birthright: Claim It, psychotherapist Roni Bissett reaches out to a wider audience with what she believes is a step-by-step process for creating the ideal life. The book is a... Read More

Frederick Thomas Perris is recognized in Southern California as a significant part of the region’s pioneer history. As county surveyor for San Bernardino County, he literally shaped the map of the largest county in the nation. As a... Read More

"My Boy Blink", by Nev White, starts out promisingly enough: A young boy and his father come upon a baby in the woods. With the parents dead at the scene, father and son rescue the newborn, who ends up going by the nickname Blink because... Read More

Pixie, an adventurous fairy, accidently slides through the clouds, falls through the trees, and lands in an unknown forest. Fortunately, this charming wayward sprite is found by a loving group of children who bring Pixie back to their... Read More