Fiction

Who is the hero and who is the villain? In this twisted mother-daughter story, it’s often hard to tell.

Who is the hero and who is the villain? In this twisted mother-daughter story, it’s often hard to tell.

The story of one high school basketball team’s extraordinary season, Dragon Hoops epitomizes the best kind of storytelling possible in the comics format.

The story of one high school basketball team’s extraordinary season, Dragon Hoops epitomizes the best kind of storytelling possible in the comics format.

These poems teeter in the space between inhale and exhale, bidding the reader to continue.

These poems teeter in the space between inhale and exhale, bidding the reader to continue.

As these women navigate what is decidedly a man’s world with feminine grace, ‘Valentine’ becomes a testament to the resilience of the female spirit.

As these women navigate what is decidedly a man’s world with feminine grace, ‘Valentine’ becomes a testament to the resilience of the female spirit.

Nancy Grace Augusta Wake is a woman so extraordinary that your first instinct might be to believe she is imaginary, like James Bond. 

Nancy Grace Augusta Wake is a woman so extraordinary that your first instinct might be to believe she is imaginary, like James Bond. 

Terry McMillan continues to delight readers with tales of the lives, loves, foibles and triumphs of black women.

Terry McMillan continues to delight readers with tales of the lives, loves, foibles and triumphs of black women.

C Pam Zhang’s laser-sharp reexamination of America’s myth-laden past is likely to bring clarity to many issues that continue to challenge us all.

C Pam Zhang’s laser-sharp reexamination of America’s myth-laden past is likely to bring clarity to many issues that continue to challenge us all.

In one moving scene after another, Julia Alvarez dramatizes the sustaining power of stories.

In one moving scene after another, Julia Alvarez dramatizes the sustaining power of stories.

Reading Anne Tyler is always pure pleasure, and this is the author at her best.

Reading Anne Tyler is always pure pleasure, and this is the author at her best.

Afia Atakora explores life during the Reconstruction era for a community of formerly enslaved people living amid the ruins of their old plantation.

Afia Atakora explores life during the Reconstruction era for a community of formerly enslaved people living amid the ruins of their old plantation.

In his funny, gory new romp, Grady Hendrix conjures horror heroines out of a surprising demographic—the carpool moms of 1990s suburbia.

In his funny, gory new romp, Grady Hendrix conjures horror heroines out of a surprising demographic—the carpool moms of 1990s suburbia.

Some works of art can simultaneously break and build up your heart, a marbling of devastation and hope. This collection offers such an experience.

Some works of art can simultaneously break and build up your heart, a marbling of devastation and hope. This collection offers such an experience.

In an elegant blend of literary criticism and personal memoir, Mark Doty chronicles his deeply personal relationship to the work of Walt Whitman.

In an elegant blend of literary criticism and personal memoir, Mark Doty chronicles his deeply personal relationship to the work of Walt Whitman.

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