Book Excerpt: Two Frontier Girls Battle ‘Prairie Fever’
In Michael Parker's early-20th century novel, two sisters lean on each other to find their way through the rough landscape.
Book Excerpt: A Young Woman Grapples With ‘You, Me, and the Sea’
Meg Donohue's new novel offers a contemporary take on 'Wuthering Heights.'
Book Excerpt: A Young Writer Tries to Balance Imposter Syndrome with Baby Fever
In 'And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready,' Meaghan O’Connell takes the plunge and lives to tell about it.
Book Excerpt: Two Music Professionals Explore ‘The Alchemy of Noise’
In Lorraine Devon Wilke's novel, an interracial Chicago couple finds their idealism challenged.
Book Excerpt: A Woman Grapples With the Mystery of Her Mother
In the new memoir "Saturday's Child," Deborah Burns attempts to understand her often-absent mother, and come to terms with her complexities.
Book Excerpt: Exploring the Emotional Fallout of WWII in ‘All Ships Follow Me’
In the multi-generational memoir by Mieke Eerkens, a family tries to come to terms with their harrowing experiences in the war.
Book Excerpt: A Woman Will Stop at Nothing to Be ‘The Perfect Girlfriend’
In Karen Hamilton's addictive thriller, a young woman will do anything to get her ex-boyfriend back.
Book Excerpt: A Young Man’s Quest to Be More Than a ‘Lawn Boy’
In this excerpt from Jonathan Evison's latest, Mike Muñoz shares a defining story from his youth.
