In the eighteen tales comprising Josh Denslow’s enjoyable short story collection "Magic Can’t Save Us", creatures including zombies, mermaids, and dragons make their presences felt by forcing the humans around them into difficult... Read More

A woman allies with vengeful river spirits in Lynn Hutchinson Lee’s eerie novel "Origins of Desire in Orchid Fens". In Carminetown, Orchid and her mother hide their Romani identity to prevent another forced exodus. At the nearby orchid... Read More

Kimm Topping’s heartening collection "Generation Queer" celebrates young LGBTQ+ activists who shifted cultural stereotypes about who is allowed to lead. Centering organizers, artists, and educators whose work began prior to the age of... Read More

The nature essays in "Brown Bears in Alaska’s National Parks" represent an enormous swath of scientific, cultural, and biological knowledge on the iconic brown bear. A treasure trove of information on the majestic brown bear, these... Read More

Shelley Fisher Fishkin’s "Jim" is an encyclopedic work of literary criticism that celebrates Mark Twain’s classic. "Jim" contends that readings of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as racist have missed Twain’s use of irony to... Read More

There have always been transgender people, shows Eli Erlick’s dynamic biographical collection "Before Gender", about thirty trans individuals of the past. This riveting, compassionate collection of life stories uses a process of... Read More

A child uses creativity to find comfort within the changes of divorce in this gentle picture book. Rowan is tired of traveling between Mom’s house and Dad’s; nowhere feels like home anymore. A surprise beach day gets off to a rough... Read More

Soon-to-be mothers struggle with cult brainwashing in Alexandria Faulkenbury’s question-filled novel "Somewhere Past the End". Disowned after her teenage pregnancy, Teresa finds a new family with Richmond and his alternative religious... Read More