In Meron Hadero’s short story collection "A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times", Ethiopian emigrants strive to find their places in the world. Leaving one’s home country, even for a good reason, takes courage and resilience. So... Read More

In Ashleigh Bell Pedersen’s captivating coming-of-age novel "The Crocodile Bride", eleven-year-old Sunshine lives with her father, Billy, in the bayou town of Fingertip, in a yellow house that tilts, “exhausted, to one side.” Her... Read More

In Edwin Hill’s novel "The Secrets We Share", love and deception intertwine through murders connected to one family. As a child, Natalie came across her father’s body in the woods. Now a grown woman, Natalie is a police officer, and... Read More

A young person invites Death to share her wisdom in Salena Godden’s ethereal novel "Mrs. Death Misses Death". Wolf is a writer trying to write about what they have known since they were nine: Death. Indeed, after impulse buying an... Read More