Alyan, who is a family therapist as well as a poet and novelist, has a gift for depicting the knotty, messy but ultimately resilient bonds of family love.
Haunting and beautiful, the seeds and words of Diane Wilson’s novel will find their way into your world, however far from the Dakhóta lands that might be.
Laura Imai Messina’s poetic novel explores a magical place that not only connects the living to the dead but also the living to the living.
In Laura Maylene Walter’s debut novel, palpable anger at injustice is met with love—a fierce, familial and able challenger.
Pamela Terry’s novel is like a mashup of Fried Green Tomatoes and You Can’t Go Home Again with a sprinkling of William Faulkner.
Ireland’s landscape, sonorous language and vibrant culture converge to form a spectacular background to Jennifer Deibel’s debut novel.
The easy pace of Robin W. Pearson’s encouraging, family-centric love story allows time to take in each faith-based lesson.
Kelly Irvin’s latest suspense novel features a slow-burning romance and a heartwarming exploration of faith and friendship.
To those disinclined to question the role of economic exploitation, reading Imbolo Mbue’s new novel may prove an unsettling experience.
Bajan author Cherie Jones unspools a discomfiting allegory of race, class and intergenerational trauma in a far from idyllic fictional Caribbean community.
Janet Skeslien Charles reminds us of Paris’ evergreen appeal and unbounded potential for stories.
The Rib King could hardly be more prescient, as it centers on a Black man who is the face of a food brand.
Brandon Hobson weaves past and present so skillfully that events that would be improbable in the hands of another author are inevitable in The Removed.
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