Navigating Identities Across Borders

Swimming in Hong Kong by Stephanie Han Swimming in Hong Kong Author: Stephanie Han Willow Springs Books, 2017 ISBN: 978-0983231769 $19.95   Stephanie Han’s collection of short stories, Swimming in Hong Kong, conveys a series of realistic portraits—detailed...

Some Dreams Are Best Not Remembered

Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue Behold the Dreamers: A Novel Author: Imbolo Mbue Random House, 2016 ISBN: 0812998480 $12.25   Ever since Behold the Dreamers landed on my doorstep from Book of the Month in September 2016, I have been trying to recount the story...

Keep It in the Family

Review: Myopia by Phyllis Skoy   Myopia: A Memoir Author: Phyllis Skoy IPB Books, 2017 $24.95   Phyllis Skoy tackles the art of losing in her reflective memoir Myopia. Within the course of the memoir one witnesses the loss of the mind, of innocence, and...

The Nuclear Family

Review: Making Love While Levitating Three Feet in the Air by Jeff Fearnside Making Love While Levitating Three Feet in the Air Author: Jeff Fearnside Stephen F. Austin University Press, 2016 ISBN: 1622881036 $18.00 Growing up a curious child in Middle America can be...

Messy Lives Make for Engaging Art in Debut Novel

Review: Children of the Country by Abigail Shaffer Children of the Country Author: Abigail Shaffer Outpost19, 2016 ISBN: 1937402975 $16.00 For most of us, growing up is challenging. We struggle with our identities, our hopes and dreams. We navigate, with varying...

An Uprising At Home

Review: The Insurrections by Rion Amilcar Scott   The Insurrections: Stories Author: Rion Amilcar Scott The University Press of Kentucky, 2016 ISBN: 081316818X $24.95 The Insurrections is a collection of thirteen stories dealing with societal constructs and...