The Renunciations by Kelly Donika

The Renunciations Poems Kelly Donika The Renunciations is a book of resilience, survival, and the journey to radically shift one’s sense of self in the face of trauma. Moving between a childhood marked by love and abuse and the breaking marriage of that adult child, Donika Kelly charts memory and the body as landscapes to … Read more

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

Sorrowland A Novel Rivers Solomon A triumphant, genre-bending breakout novel from one of the boldest new voices in contemporary fiction Vern–seven months pregnant and desperate to escape the strict religious compound where she was raised–flees for the shelter of the woods. There, she gives birth to twins, and plans to raise them far from the … Read more

The Engagement by Issenberg Sasha

The Engagement A Quarter Century of Defending, Defining, And Expanding Marriage in America Issenberg Sasha On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state bans on gay marriage were unconstitutional, making same-sex unions legal across the United States. But the road to that momentous decision was much longer than many know. In this … Read more