Books “written” by animals are nothing new. Even Black Beauty was told in first person by a very special horse back in the late 1870s. Robert (Bob) Hart has published "My Name Is Moses" on behalf of Moses the cat, the almost-human... Read More

In San Francisco during the late 1970s, Survival House provided housing and social services for homeless gay and transgendered people. Acting as a halfway house, the home offered a supportive community for those who struggled with their... Read More

“Poetry became my escape,” the author writes. “It became my way of expressing how Parkinson’s affected my life. It eventually became a safe way of communicating my feelings to the world that otherwise would have been left... Read More

‘The answers are a mystery. It’s in the searching that we even begin to recognize the questions.’ "Ethereal Madness" embraces one of the most dangerous and excruciating acts known to humankind which should be avoided whenever... Read More

Derr-Smith takes us everywhere: Damascus, Iowa, Berlin, the Boundary Waters, Chicago, Virginia, Cairo, Sams Club. And everywhere she goes, she paints a world rich with image, scent, and desire. Named for the Minaret of the Bride in the... Read More

Ten-year-old girls should spend their days playing with dolls running outside maybe helping their mothers cook and clean — but a ten-year-old working full-time is unimaginable! The unimaginable is just what happens in "String of Hope".... Read More

With controlled rhythms and a self-reflexive sense of the poet as lyricist, Smith’s eleventh book of poems, Messenger, finds revelation in music. The book’s first section, Savor of Moss, casts lyrical moments of grace against a... Read More