How can one not like characters who are “encumbered by education and no fortune,” or who, when asked if they are drunk, describe their condition as being “a little short of the high mark of sobriety”? Such are but two of the many... Read More

The narrator in Bill Peters’s first novel, "Maverick Jetpants in the City of Quality", often suffers from a “Moth-In-Sink Feeling.” This is a sensation that the book’s online glossary (maverickjetpants.com/glossary) defines as... Read More

Francee` Bouvenir’s poetry collection Child’s Dark Soul challenges readers to pay attention to the world’s injustices: racism, poverty, homelessness, and rape, among others. A Southern Poverty Law Center Wall of Tolerance honoree,... Read More

Mona Houghton’s debut consists of two novellas that delve into the chaotic lives of characters, their desperation, and the resulting messiness. Although the novella is not a form that is read as popularly as a novel, it can be just as... Read More

Described as “a collection of advice derived from experimental reasoning upon established scientific facts,” Betty Yülin Ho’s "Immediate Suggestions to Good Health" will either excite, mystify, or anger readers with its unusual... Read More

In her first novel, Amelia Gray charts a man’s unraveling following the mysterious death of his wife. But such a simple description leaves out all the fantastic turns Gray has in store for her readers. One day David’s wife, Franny,... Read More

When braiding hair or challah bread dough, the original strands that make up the overlapping finished product are the same texture and composition; the result, if done well, is satisfying enough, though not especially nuanced. How... Read More

In February 2008, Joseph and Laurel Dubowski lost their twenty-year-old daughter, Gayle, when a gunman on the campus of Northern Illinois University went on a rampage inside a classroom. In one of his recollections of Gayle, her father... Read More