An often sad and always compelling novel in short stories, Thomas H. McNeely’s "Pictures of the Shark" follows Buddy, tracking the echoes of his parents’ broken marriage as they reverberate through his coming-of-age. In “Snow,... Read More

In "Linea Nigra", a fragmentary work of cultural commentary, Jazmina Barrera investigates pregnancy as both a physical reality and a liminal state. The linea nigra, a stripe of dark hair down a pregnant woman’s belly, is a potent... Read More

The Pacific Crest Trail winds its way between the Mexican and Canadian borders, challenging and inspiring trekkers with its deserts and streams, dense forests, and rugged mountain slopes. In "Crossing Paths", editors Rees Hughes and... Read More

"Translating Myself and Others" is an academic collection of Jhumpa Lahiri’s musings on language and translation. Lahiri, a reader and writer in multiple languages, focuses on the translation of Italian, with insightful references to... Read More

A young man experiences a crisis of faith and stirrings of love in the graphic novel Jacob’s Apartment. Jacob and Sarah are California roommates with contrasting lifestyles and worldviews: Sarah is an atheist with a history of... Read More

Fans of the bestselling Italian novelist Elena Ferrante will delight in her new collection of eloquent, revelatory essays about what motivates (and bedevils) her as a writer. These Ferrante lectures, commissioned by the University of... Read More

"Faith Hacker" is a tech-savvy Christian text that mines the links between computer science and theology for meaning. James Wilcox’s "Faith Hacker" is inventive in its use of technology to promote a biblical approach to life. Part... Read More

Jill Hunting’s "For Want of Wings" is the enrapturing, wide-ranging, and thoughtful account of her great-grandfather’s discovery of a rare dinosaur fossil in 1872. Tom Russell was on a Yale student expedition to Kansas when he... Read More