King of Joy / Richard Chiem / Soft Skull Press / Softcover $15.95 (192pp) / 978-1-59376-309-1 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Richard Chiem’s King of Joy traces an abandoned girl’s tragic trajectory from unloved teenager to... Read More

Summer Cannibals / Melanie Hobson / Grove Press / Softcover $16.00 (288pp) / 978-0-8021-2852-2 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Melanie Hobson’s Summer Cannibals is a vibrant, vicious family portrait in which three adult... Read More

Return of the Sea Otter / The Story of the Animal That Evaded Extinction on the Pacific Coast / Todd McLeish / Sasquatch Books / Softcover $19.95 (264pp) / 978-1-63217-137-5 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Sea otters are... Read More

August is Women in Translation month, a time when we turn our focus to translated works written by women. Women are less likely to be published than men are, and VIDA: Women in Literary Arts can back that up. Some are vowing to read only... Read More