Descriptions of nature as competitive (Charles Darwin) and “red in tooth and claw” (Alfred, Lord Tennyson) shaped the way people perceive it today. "Sweet in Tooth and Claw" debunks such concepts to reveal that, in fact, cooperation... Read More

In Ellen Pall’s absorbing novel "Must Read Well", a trip down memory lane proves to be both emotional and treacherous. At Columbia, Elizabeth struggles to write her dissertation on famous feminist writers. She’s coming up short on... Read More

"Singer Distance" is an exquisite first contact novel in which interplanetary communications expose the infinite and infinitesimal distances between human hearts. At the close of the nineteenth century, scientists carved out a... Read More

Teresa Lim’s memoir "The Interpreter’s Daughter" reveals hidden family secrets amid accounts of love, loss, migration, and memory. In 1935, Law traveled from his adopted home in Singapore to his native village in Canton to die.... Read More

In Caroline Kline’s "Mormon Women at the Crossroads", the stories of devout Mormon women in Mexico, Botswana, and the US are placed in conversation with church theology. The book is both about the interviewed women’s ways of thinking... Read More

In Elijah Kinch Spector’s brooding novel "Kalyna the Soothsayer", the end of the world is coming. Kalyna knows that her country is about to collapse into war and destruction, but she cannot flee. She is trapped in the service of the... Read More

A simple missing person’s case takes a far-right turn in Max Tomlinson’s novel "Line of Darkness". Colleen is known to law enforcement for being both an ex-felon and a private investigator. She’s also known for being involved in... Read More

A night market food stall owner becomes involved in a double homicide in Ed Lin’s novel Death Doesn’t Forget. Jing-nan just wants his food stall to be successful. If he could stop finding himself connected to homicide investigations,... Read More