Be Frank with Me, is a witty and touching novel by Julia Claiborne Johnson.  Alice Whitley, the narrator of the story, is a young publishing associate from New York City … Continued

I like it when comedies have heart. Dirty Grandpa is a movie about love and loss, of doing what makes you happy and being your own person. It also features Zac Efron … Continued

The best contemporary fiction of any era provides some insight into the moment of its creation, possessing a specificzeitgeist, or peering through a particular weltanschauung.  In the ink or ribbon or … Continued

Burning Valley is perhaps the most political novel of Southwestern Pennsylvania ever written.  Published in 1953, the book is set in the depths of a hollow on the outskirts of Duquesne, Pennsylvania, in the years … Continued

A story about an unsolved crime, a family tragedy and a moving portait of a mixed race family living in small-town America.

Part historical fiction, part family drama, and all heart – The Turner House tells the story of a family’s fifty years in Detroit.

Not in the mood for this summer heat? Be thankful we don’t live in this world – where the Dragonscale plague literally sets humanity ablaze.