A fictional world where abortion and IVF are illegal—and the women who live there
Leni Zumas's novel makes a political point. More importantly, it cultivates empathy.
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Catholic sisters and their difficult vocation
Alice McDermott ponders a mystery: How is it that women hear the calling and find the strength to love and support their neighbors?
What happens after you survive an apocalypse?
The lively dystopian worlds of Louise Erdrich and Kaethe Schwehn
The sparkle of James McBride's stories
Five-Carat Soul is filled with hilarious storytelling, unusual characters, and stark realities.
A novel that charts a spiritual transformation
H. K. Bush's tale revolves around the challenges of a Western academic's encounter with the East.
In these troubling times, we asked some of our favorite writers to tell us about books (and other things) that bring hope and healing.
Tales of different lands
Literature and film from England, Hungary, Japan, and Korea
Kamila Shamsie’s novel is filled with perfect coincidences
Of all the coffee joints frequented by all the British citizens-of-Pakistani-descent in all of Amherst, Massachusetts, she walks into his?
The faith-infused southern fiction of Tim Gautreaux, Robert Olen Butler, and Jamie Quatro
Winnie M Li’s story of sexual assault is hard to read. That’s precisely why it’s so important.