Living Color: Angie Rubio Stories, a “portrait of the artist as a shy, awkward Mexican-American girl,” follows its indomitable protagonist from kindergarten to 12th grade. Angie defines resilience, yet Donna Miscolta manages to empower her heroine without downplaying the violence…
Furia, by Yamile (sha-MEE-lay) Saied Méndez, is the gripping, new YA debut igniting positive reviews around the world. It introduces readers to Camila, an athletic dynamo intent on playing soccer and taking charge of her life in the face of…
When Stella, a nurse who should know better, takes an unidentified pill from her washed-up rock star boyfriend’s pocket and slips into a coma, everyone around her is changed, especially her. She wakes up from her sleep to discover that…
Into the Unbounded Night by Mitchell James Kaplan recounts the fictional tale of a girl from a British tribe. She’s brought to Rome as a slave after seeing her village sacked by General Vespasian. A “barbarian” in a “civilized” world,…
The Wanting Was a Wilderness by Alden Jones combines a critical study of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild with a memoir to create a powerfully original work of literary nonfiction that has been earning high praise including: “Alden Jones intended to write…
Andrew Martin’s recently released collection of stories, Cool For America, continues the deep perceptiveness and lethal humor of his acclaimed 2018 novel, Early Work. Martin’s writing also conveys a deep love for his characters no matter how compromised they are…