In Soraya Palmer’s debut novel, “The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts,” two sisters find solace and salvation through enduring Black diasporic tales.
Matthew Guterl’s parents wanted a family that embodied an integrated American future. The ‘experiment’ — his father’s word — had painfully mixed results.
In “The New Earth,” Jess Row introduces us to the Wilcoxes, who are buffeted by racial and sexual secrets, Middle East hatreds — and literary trickery.
The former publishing employee who pleaded guilty to stealing unpublished book manuscripts was ordered to be deported and to pay $88,000 in restitution.
