Dealing with pregnancy, child-rearing, art-making, mental illness, and an MS diagnosis, the parts of Chlorine Gardens' sum sound heavy, but Keiler Roberts' gift is the deft drollness in which she presents life's darker moments. She doesn't whistle past graveyards, but rather finds the punch line in the pitiful.
Too Far Gone
Author: ALLISON BRENNAN
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
When a man who appears mentally unstable holds a group of people hostage and dies in a shootout with the FBI, Special Agent Lucy Kincaid is assigned to investigate what happened. Up until two months ago, McMahon was a respected scientist -- then his wife left him, he lost his job, and was arrested for assaulting a former...
The Voice of Sheila Chandra
Author: Kazim Ali
Publisher:
Titled for the influential singer left almost voiceless by a terrible syndrome, the poems bring sweet melodies and rhythms as the voices blend and become multitudinous. There's an honoring of not only survival, but of persistence, as this part research-based, pensive collection contemplates what it takes to move forward...
Pity the Beast
Author: Robin McLean
Publisher: And Other Stories
Millennia ago, Ginny's family ranch was all grass and rock and wild horses. A thousand years hence, it'll all be peacefully underwater. In the matter-of-fact here and now, though, it's a hotbed of lust and resentment, and about to turn ugly, because Ginny's just cheated on her husband Dan with the man who lives...
Diario de Oaxaca: A Sketchbook...
Author: PETER KUPER
Publisher: PM Press
Painting a vivid, personal portrait of social and political upheaval in Oaxaca, Mexico, this unique memoir employs comics, bilingual essays, photos, and sketches to chronicle the events that unfolded around a teachers' strike and led to a seven-month siege. When award-winning cartoonist Peter Kuper and his family moved...
God Child
Author: Nana Oforiatta Ayim
Publisher: Bloomsbury Circus
"A brave reinvention of the immigrant narrative . . . Cesaire's Notebook meets Duras' Lover. Unprecedented" --Taiye Selasi, author of Ghana Must GoA moving, mesmerizing, and astoundingly original debut novel by one of the most exciting literary voices to emerge in recent years.Maya is the only child of an expat...
Sunspot Jungle: The Ever Expanding...
Author: Bill Campbell
Publisher: Rosarium Publishing
In celebration of Rosarium's fifth anniversary, publisher Bill Campbell has collected a two-volume collection of 100 science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories from around the world. Like space and the future, Sunspot Jungle has no boundaries and celebrates the wide varieties and possibilities that this genre...
Postal Volume 6
Author: Matt Hawkins
Publisher: Image Comics
Isaac Shiffron has found his tool of revenge against Laura, and the town that betrayed him: The FBI. Agent Bremble is Isaac's willing tool, seeking to punish both Eden, and the corrupt FBI agents that protect it. In order to protect their town, Laura, Mark, Maggie and Molly have to work together...because Bremble's...
Eight Kisses: Eight All-New Tales...
Author: Mindy Klasky
Publisher: Peabridge Press
Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights, celebrating an ancient miracle with candles, fried foods, and family gatherings. What better time to find true love?From Regency Scotland to contemporary New York City, from sweet short stories to super-spicy novellas, Eight Kisses spreads a feast of love. Interfaith opposites attract....
Preacher's Rage
Author: William W. Johnstone
Publisher: Pinnacle
JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. WHERE DEATH RIDES FASTER THAN THE WIND. For the greatest trapper in the country, there's no place like the Rocky Mountains. Preacher and his son Hawk are riding the High Lonesome when the clear mountain air is split by a girl's savage screams. A gang of ruthless trappers has kidnapped a Crow woman,...
