Below are this issue's reviewed books, all of which our staff found entertaining reads in one way or another. If they touch you as well, perhaps you will want to see what else these people have written (or sung) about.
Click on the authors' names to see what items of theirs are available on Amazon.
Poetry
"What if Your Mother
",
by Judith Arcana
In the poem, Arcana answers the question that is always meant to stump: "What if your mother had an abortion?" Her mother did.
Fiction
"He Drown She in the Sea",
by Shani Mootoo
[...]lets a Booker Prize-nominated author Shani Mootoo tackle several themes, including feminism, immigration, and post-colonialism—all with wry insight.
Nonfiction
"Category 5: The Story of Camille",
by Ernest Zebrowski &Judith Howard
Proving that true life is always more enthralling than fiction.
