SUMMER FICTION SERIES

Western Mass. writer and editor Jennifer Acker zeroed in on her top five epistolary books and it ended up being published in the Wall Street Journal.

The author and professor Andrea Hairston describes her latest book, “Archangels of Funk," as "Afro-funk-tastic cyber-punk with a hoodoo twist."

"Dessert with Buddha," the fourth and final book in Roland Merullo's "Buddha book" series, follows two brothers-in-law on a spiritual road trip.

In his new book, "The Confessions of Matthew Strong," Ousmane Power-Greene draws on his academic background to craft a crime story about a Black philosophy professor who fights back against the scheme of a white supremacist.

The Greenfield writer and retired lawyer started the novel, "Helen In Trouble," long before the reversal of Roe v. Wade

Our summer fiction series continues with an interview with author Katie Hafner.

In Talty's new collection of short stories, "Night of the Living Rez," readers encounter David, a Penobscot boy living on a reservation in Maine, in two periods of his life — as a mischievous kid and an adult grappling with trauma from his past.

Vermont writer Archer Mayor wears many hats. After finishing more than 40 mysteries set in the Brattleboro area, Mayor says he will pause his writing to perform more death investigating for the State of Vermont. His forthcoming book, "Fall Guy" is due out in late September.

Stinson's new e-book, "Venus of Chalk," adds a new twist to the classic road-trip novel.

David Gillham's new novel, "Shadows of Berlin," tells the story of a Holocaust survivor who is working through the trauma she endured in Germany while she builds a new life in New York.