Long before I was relearning fifth-grade math at our local “faux-school,” I was a fan of writerly podcasts. I devoured audio craft lessons and author interviews with the hopes they would crack open plot issues, shed light on the mysteries…
Matthew Langdon Cost’s ambitious historical novel of the Cuban revolution, I Am Cuba, came out in early March just as libraries and bookstores were closing down and cancelling plans to help him launch his book. It was very bad timing…
“At a time when anti-immigration vitriol substitutes for immigration policy, No Option but North deftly blends heartbreaking migrant accounts with cogent insights into the systemic causes that make the trek north an almost impossible option if you’re poor and from…
Award-winning author, Katrin Schumann’s debut novel, The Forgotten Hours, was a Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestseller. Now her second novel, This Terrible Beauty, published by Lake Union Publishing, is listed among SheReads’ Most Anticipated Women’s Fiction in 2020, and…
John Vercher’s debut, Three-Fifths, is a riveting crime story told with touches of poetry, razor-sharp characterizations, and the sort of cinematic pacing that keeps you on the edge of your seat. It’s also a powerful narrative about family, friendship, and…
In Marley, Jon Clinch brings back to life the famous ghost, Jacob Marley, who appears before Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve. Wrapped in chains, he warns Scrooge of the dangers of not changing his cold-hearted ways. But why? How did Scrooge become…