Separate KingdomsA work of daunting versatility and technical skill, the product of a writer absolutely at home in the language and working vigorously within both new and old forms. Michael Byers, author of Long for this World and The Coast of Good Intentions From Pushcart Prize winner Valerie Laken, author of Dream House, comes a riveting short story collection charting the divisions and collisions between cultures and nations, families and lovers, selves and others

fortune and holding on to what counts

When Caroline’s friend Annabelle suggests they experiment as their wayward mates have

explore a world filled with a new kind of Magyk

She had killed someone with a thought

clear across the world

In his controversial bestseller Darwin’s Black Box

With the help of her mother

When Tribal Police Officer Bernadette Manuelito arrives to speak at an outdoor character-building program for at-risk teens

It was missing a piece

a fitting tribute to Dr

“…Sublimely ties together the drama of high school football

The Radio Flyer is the story of childhood—a story of wondrous journeys often accompanied by someone important: a parent