In Michaelbrent Collings’s inventive fantasy novel "The Witch in the Woods", twins who are descendants of the Grimm brothers navigate a new reality when theirs collides with a fairy-tale world. Jake and Willow move to a new town, where... Read More

Amy Lyford’s interpretive biography "Exquisite Dreams" covers artist Dorothea Tanning’s life and remarkable range of work. Born in 1910, Tanning recalled her Galesburg, Illinois, childhood as being a “good one.” She later found a... Read More

With chapters alternating between their two experiences with Vietnam, father-daughter duo Christina Vo and Nghia M. Vo’s soul-stirring memoir "My Vietnam, Your Vietnam" covers transgenerational understandings of cultural roots. In... Read More

Cultures and generations clash in Maya Arad’s insightful novella collection "The Hebrew Teacher", which follows three storylines whose flows are sometimes concentric. Ilana is a Hebrew professor. She’s been at her school for “forty... Read More

Joanne Leedom-Ackerman’s ambitious and thrilling novel "The Far Side of the Desert" concerns deep-seated family strife, the tentacular roots of global terrorism, and the psychology of reconciliation. Sisters Monte and Samantha Waters,... Read More

"Escaping Nature" is an illuminating, practical resource that summarizes the potential threats of climate change and recommends actionable steps to prepare and respond. While most books on climate change call for sweeping global and... Read More