This offbeat collection of stories provides insights into the process of translation. Véronique Côté and Steve Gagnon’s "I Never Talk About It" is an intriguing and ambitious collection made up of thirty-seven short stories in the... Read More

Sharp and sensual, Roxie and Fred is a provocative love story that explores a May-December relationship. Is it ever too late to fall in love again? On her way into her eighties, Roxie is in a contemplative phase. She has had her share of... Read More

Almost unnervingly detailed, "Women of Honor" recounts grim and humorous tales of the women caught up in mafia life. "Women of Honor" takes a penetrating look at how a notorious criminal syndicate ensnares the wives, mothers, and... Read More

Inuit writer Norma Dunning brings a visceral understanding of traditional Inuit ways of knowing and being to her stories. Gritty, harsh, and compelling, they expose how racism, forced assimilation, and the holdovers of colonialism have... Read More

"Marines Never Cry" is an uncompromising coming-of-age story that clarifies the nature of war. He laughed his way through high school and basic training. Now, fresh off of Parris Island, Zeke Hammond is eager to join the fight against... Read More

This engrossing book tells the story of a family’s reluctant participation in public affairs at a national level. Marilyn June Coffey’s "That Punk Jimmy Hoffa!" is a work of narrative nonfiction about the author’s father’s... Read More

Sheena C. Howard provides a handy guide to a long list of black comic creators in "Encyclopedia of Black Comics". Howard, who also authored Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation, writes in her introduction that "Encyclopedia... Read More

This book offering a broad and entertaining introduction to the history of Native American peoples. Alvin R. Brown’s "Native American Action Stories" is an interesting and informative book that combines facts about various Native... Read More