Kate Padilla

Kate Padilla

Kate Padilla is an author, poet and artist. Her book, Apples Rot on the Ground (May 2020), is a collection of gut-wrenching poems detailing the racism and bigotry that existed for Hispanic families in early New Mexico & Wyoming.
The Book of Aron by Jim Shepard

The Book of Aron by Jim Shepard

The Book of Aron, Jim Shepard, Random House — Fiction is a world of imagination, yet Jim Shepard’s haunting novel, “The Book of Aron,” evolves around a real-world experience. In this case, Shepard retells the familiar horrors of Hitler’s genocide against Jewish people via invented personal experiences of a young boy, so vividly, the book is an agonizing read.

Motorcycles I’ve Loved by Lily Brooks-Dalton

Motorcycles I’ve Loved by Lily Brooks-Dalton

  Motorcycles I’ve Loved Lilly Brooks-Dalton Riverhead Books 2015 ISBN 978-1-59463-321-8 Buy This Book www.amazon.com     ". . . a joyful story." A young woman whizzing down the road on a motorcycle is no doubt a dangerous thrill, a challenge I’ve desired,...

Safekeeping by Jessamyn Hope

Safekeeping by Jessamyn Hope

  Safekeeping Jessamyn Hope Fig Tree Books 2014 ISBN 978-1-941493-06-9 Buy This Book www.amazon.com     ". . . offers up intriguing insights . . . " Jessamyn Hope’s intriguing debut novel, “Safekeeping,”evolves around a medieval brooch once owned by a Jewish...

Leaving Before the Rains Come by Alexandra Fuller

Leaving Before the Rains Come by Alexandra Fuller

  Leaving Before the Rains Come Alexandra Fuller Penguin Press 2014 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-59420-586-6 Buy This Book www.amazon.com     "It's where we are that really counts. " Alexandra Fuller says she writes “because the urge to do so collected the fuel of...

House of Coates by Brad Zellar

House of Coates by Brad Zellar

  House of Coates Brad Zellar Coffee House Press Minneapolis 2014 paperback ISBN:978-1-56689-370-1 Buy This Book www.amazon.com     ". . . a well-written narrative laced with suspense, humor . . . " Journalist Brad Zeller and photographer Alec Soth have...

The Idealist by Nina Munk – 2014

The Idealist by Nina Munk – 2014

  The Idealist Nina Munk Anchor Books 2014 ISBN 978-0-7679-2942 Buy This Book www.amazon.com     ". . . an engrossing account of how good intentions can breed more problems. . . " Can we end poverty if we just toss enough money at the problem? Jeffery Sachs,...

The Tumble Inn by William Loizeaux – 2014

The Tumble Inn by William Loizeaux – 2014

  The Tumble Inn William Loizeaux Syracuse University Press 2014 ISBN:978-0-8156-1042-7 Buy This Book www.amazon.com     "Although the book is fiction, it reads like a memoir. . . " William Loizeaux’s passionate novel, “The Tumble Inn,” chronicles the lives...

Falling Into Place by Amy Zhang – 2014

Falling Into Place by Amy Zhang – 2014

  Falling into Place Amy Zhang Greenwillow Books 2014 ISBN 978-0-06-229504-0 Buy This Book www.amazon.com     ". . . this passionate story is more valuable for parents to read . . ." In her debut swiftly-moving teen novel, Falling into Place, Amy Zhang gets...

Tolstoy’s False Disciple by Alexandra Popoff – 2014

Tolstoy’s False Disciple by Alexandra Popoff – 2014

  Tolstoy’s False Disciple: The Untold Story of Leo Tolstoy and Vladimir Chertkov Alexandra Popoff Pegasus Book 2014 ISBN: 978-1-60598-640-1 Buy This Book www.amazon.com     ". . . writing flows with narrative ease . . ." Alexandra Popoff’s exclusive access...