As I listened to Paul Bellantoni narrate Matthew Gabriele and David M. Perry’s new book, […]
Old Soul, by Susan Barker
She leaves misery, destruction, and confusion in her wake. The friends and family of her […]
Your Presence is Mandatory, by Sasha Vasilyuk
Yefim Shulman is a man of secrets. He is also a man who tries very […]
Good Night, Irene, by Luis Alberto Urrea
In the middle of World War II, Irene Woodward escapes an abusive fiancé to join […]
Barbara Isn’t Dying Yet, by Alina Bronsky
I’ve watched for newly translated books by Alina Bronsky for years, ever since her novel […]
The Book of Gothel, by Mary McMyne
We know Gothel from the Rapunzel story (or from Tangled) but, in Mary McMyne’s fantastic […]
Winter Work, by Dan Fesperman
The eleven months between the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 and the […]
Where You Come From, by Saša Stanišić
There are some people who you never want to ask where they are from unless […]
What They Didn’t Burn, by Mel Laytner
Josef Lajtner rarely spoke of what happened to him between 1940 and 1945. His son, […]
Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch, by Rivka Galchen
How we deal with adversity in life depends a lot on how we answer this […]