The word that comes to mind when exploring the pages of Cherie Jones’s How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House is visceral. Set in Barbados and featuring characters from all walks of life–tourists, thieves, criminals, con-artists, prostitutes, doting parents, fearful …

An anticipated novel, Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles follows the life of Del, who takes the reader on a journey of teenage growth, dilemmas, and bad advice.…

A lively, strong debut, Zeinab Fakih’s I didn’t know how to say this, so I wrote it down is a collection of 100 poems that stay honest to the tragedies and joys of life.…