A sensitive exploration of Brazilian history and the boundaries of biographical writing, Jacob Blanc’s collaborative book reconstructs the life of human rights activist and former militant Aluízio Palmar. Born in rural Brazil, Palmar... Read More

One’s origins do not determine one’s destiny according to "The Guide", a memoir written by a marine and pastor who overcame childhood challenges. Greg Munck’s uplifting memoir "The Guide" is about moving from a troubled upbringing... Read More

In Balsam Karam’s timely novel "The Singularity", the lives of two refugee women intersect with anonymous resonance. In an unnamed coastal city, a mother searches for her seventeen-year-old daughter, handing out flyers and begging for... Read More

The writing is fantastic and topics are diverse, with in-depth and beautifully written looks at moments and movements. This important selection of news stories stands to be both instructive to students of journalism and a treat for its... Read More

A tried-and-true religious story retold with creativity, joviality, contemporary language, and a feisty travel companion camel for Jesus. Episcopal priest Steve Lipscomb offers up a lighthearted novelization of the life and times of... Read More

"The Redemption of George Baxter Henry" is a f\#^ing entertaining romp—and if a reader is put off by that description, there’s little chance of enjoying Conor Bowman’s off-handed, tightly structured little book about a middle-aged... Read More

Poor Alfred Buber! The homely, chubby child immigrant from Rhodesia worked his way up from practically nothing to the top of a Boston law firm but lives as a visitor in America, in his own home, and in his own skin. He is gifted,... Read More

Recollect 1960: a time when many artists were courting Eastern thought and deconstructing western literary formalism. Enter Margaret Avison, a poet’s poet, a metaphysical poet, perhaps an academic poet lauded for her sometimes... Read More