At the crucifixion’s liturgy, I see the Tent of Meeting pierced and purged

speak in scent. text in fungi. laugh in pollen and seldom stray from meditation.

In ‘Good Night, Irene,’ Luis Alberto Urrea weaves a vivid and heartfelt tapestry in telling the story of the ‘Doughnut Dollies’ in World War II.

In 'Such Kindness,' Andre Dubus III tells a powerful story full of sorrow and hope.

Michael Mewshaw’s 'My Man in Antibes' is an entertaining, moving memoir, spiced with intriguing literary anecdotes about his sometimes fraught friendship with Graham Greene.

Megan Nix’s 'Remedies for Sorrow' is ostensibly a memoir, but confining Remedies for Sorrow to one genre seems too restrictive for what this expansive and enlightening book accomplishes.