Teens are some of the most voracious readers out there. The book world has recognized that and publishers are now cranking out YA books with an intense velocity. But the young adult genre can also come with some misconceptions: it’s... Read More

Executive Editor Matt Sutherland Interviews Vona Groarke, Author of Hereafter / There are more than a few reasons why the Irish have a hard-luck reputation. They couldn’t catch a break from the marauding Vikings, for example, and the... Read More

By its technical definition, at least, according to urbandictionary.com, “binge-reading” is reading at least one whole book in a day. Of course, the familiar concept is binge-watching and what you’re speeding through is a season.... Read More

The Gifts We Keep / Katie Grindeland / Ooligan Press / Softcover $16.00 (256pp) / 978-1-947845-06-0 / In her novel The Gifts We Keep, Katie Grindeland layers revelations over misunderstandings to spin a complex and ultimately... Read More

Who Are You, Calvin Bledsoe? Brock Clarke / Algonquin Books / Hardcover $26.95 (304pp) / 978-1-61620-821-9 / Calvin Bledsoe is middle-aged, glum, and in dire need of a shakeup. Saddled with a strict Calvinist upbringing thanks to his... Read More

The Book of Flora / Meg Elison / 47North / Softcover $14.95 / 978-1-5420-4209-3 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / In the aftermath of Nowhere, but still carrying the legacy of the Unnamed with them, Eddy, Ina, Alice, and the rest... Read More

As Fredric Price, publisher of Fig Tree Books writes, Jews have been part of the fabric of American life since its founding. They are not new here. As George Washington indicated, they are among the various people by whom, and for whom,... Read More