"Artist" is thoughtful in suggesting ways to uplift one’s creative spirit. Acting coach Jocelyn Jones’s career guide "Artist" shares advice for tapping into one’s creativity and living a fulfilling life. Part memoir, part creative... Read More

In Lisa Solod’s novel "Shivah", family relationships are turned upside down after an abusive matriarch is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Leah’s mother was an unpredictable presence in her life. She only cared for her children... Read More

Breaking up is never easy, but when you suspect your partner of murder, it becomes a safety issue. In Riku Onda’s atmospheric novel "Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight", a couple spends one last night together, each determined to get... Read More

In R. Cathey Daniels’s harrowing novel "Live Caught", a young man confronts his troubled past. In the 1970s, Lenny set out for the Atlantic from his North Carolina farm. He washed up on an unrecognized shore, his boat lost. He was... Read More

In Michael Daley’s novel "Telémachus", a painter seeks to learn about Mac, the father who abandoned him. This update of the tale of Ulysses’s left-behind son includes a flight from accountability, a heroic cycle, and testimonies... Read More

"Breaking Ground" is a masterful essay collection that wrings meaning out of a pandemic year. Moving from the summer of 2020 to the spring of 2021, these essays trace the changing face of the Covid-19 pandemic, from lockdowns to Black... Read More

Trials of a Dead Lawyer’s Wife is a noir-hued memoir about a suspicious death in a Southern town. Maggie Redmon’s compelling memoir Trials of a Dead Lawyer’s Wife concerns a death in the family. Redmon once had an ideal life with... Read More