Katie Crouch’s new novel is set in Namibia where two central characters, American women, are “embassy wives” who have transplanted their lives to follow their husbands to their diplomatic roles.

In her debut memoir, Chloe Shaw guides us on an emotional journey that anyone who has ever loved and lost a dog will appreciate.

Jessica Hopper is a pioneer in the field of music criticism. She examines the music of women — in many contexts, from songwriters to producers — through an intersectional feminist lens.

In her new collection of essays, "Broken (In the Best Possible Way)," Jenny Lawson shares her experiences with anxiety and depression.

Families play a big part in Elizabeth McCracken’s latest story collection, The Souvenir Museum.

Peter Orner and Yvette Benavides discuss "The Children Stay" by Alice Munro.

Poems give language and voice to the things that are sometimes incommunicable. Edward Hirsch knows something about this.

Daisy Hernández embarks on a journey that takes her all over the country to reveal the problem of Chagas, the kissing bug disease that ravages the human body and destroys families.

Claire Fuller is back with a new novel. This time, in Unsettled Ground, she brings us a darkly poignant tale about 51-year-old twins who still live at home with their mother and whose lives are devastated by her untimely death — and the secrets she left behind.

A new anthology of the modern American short story offers a wonderfully varied collection of voices, forms and styles.