Here are some great choices for fiction, nonfiction, essays, memoir and more to keep you busy through the hot summer months.

Truth in Nonfiction: Essays Univ. of Iowa, $19.95 (195pp) ISBN 978-1-58729-654-3 The spirit of Montaigne is invoked more than once in these 20 essays on the thorny question of the nature of truth ...

Jill Gutowitz's debut essay collection has solidified her own place ... The Way Spring Arrives is a collection of short stories and nonfiction essays centered on underrepresented voices in Chinese ...

This genre-bending piece is one of 27 “form-conscious” essays in Shapes of Native Nonfiction, a new anthology of Indigenous nonfiction, essay and autobiography that seeks to defy the ...

Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay. Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2014 Why It Made Our List: In this fourth wave of feminism, it’s easy to feel pressure to be perfect: in our morals, in our ...

The essays in “You Don’t Know Us Negroes” take aim at a range of topics. Hurston writes about Black language and about spirituals, which she felt had been shorn of their jagged qualities by ...

“Every boat possesses an imaginary black box, a sort of bank account in which points are kept. In times of emergency, when there is nothing more to be done in the way of sensible seamanship, the ...

PORT TOWNSEND — For schoolteacher and traveler Teresa Janssen, this fall has been laced with surprise and promise. One early morning in September, she received a call from New York City: You’ve won $5 ...

Madison Magazine is looking for short nonfiction essay submissions (1,100-words max.) from Madison-area writers. Varying styles, genres and voices are encouraged, but familiarizing yourself with ...