A tourist who is out of time approaches the end of his or her trip and must return home soon. This is how the Rev. David May describes himself through his poems.

In 'Tyranny, Inc.,' Sohrab Ahmari supplies a framework and examples of what has shaped the desperate plight of a growing number of Americans.

'The Cemetery of Untold Stories' reads like a novel made up of all the stories that Julia Alvarez no longer wants to carry in bits and pieces in her head,. And Alvarez knows that we all are—and need to be—story creatures.

Vinson Cunningham's constant application of a critical eye in his work for The New Yorker must have helped in composing his first novel, "Great Expectations."

Jon Fosse’s ‘Septology’ is a literary masterpiece imbued with mysticism and theological insight.

Anna Gazmarian's 'Devout' is an emotional, vulnerable portrait of a woman who was failed by two institutions, both science and religion, that she rightfully believed would help her.