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By Max Bowen One woman is willing to risk it all for the sake of all young women in Nancy Bernhard’s debut historical fiction novel set du...

By Max Bowen Michael G. Colburn’s Lady Black Mystery series has returned with the second book, “Asylum Murders” (Dec. 16). Set in the stree...

By Max Bowen What began as a short story quickly grew to become Melora Fern’s novel Whistling Women and Crowing Hens.” After finding a box ...

By Max Bowen  In her debut book, “R.A.T.S: Revolutionary Army of Teens, We Are One,” Claudia Daher shares a genuine desire to “lift the spir...

By Max Bowen What would you do to escape a hollow, go-nowhere life? For Cole, the protagonist in T.J. Derry’s book, “Carried Away,” that me...

Ink and Riffs is a regular review series written by me, Citywide Co-Host Max Bowen, to talk about what I’m reading and listening to and why ...

By Max Bowen  Over 40 years, Marsh Rose and Jack shared a relationship living in separate homes but with a bond that ran deep. When Jack pa...

Susan Wands By Max Bowen  Susan Wands’ Arcana Oracle Series was inspired by the story of Pamela Colman Smith, who co-created her tarot deck...

By Max Bowen Anna argues with her mom about a school science award. Ben discovers in his seventh decade that he is Jewish. Chester searches ...

Ink and Riffs is a regular review series written by me, Citywide Co-Host Max Bowen, to talk about what I’m reading and listening to and why ...

By Max Bowen Labor organizer and author Yvonne Martinez’s latest book, “Scabmuggers” (She Writes Press, September 16, 2025), is based on tr...

By Max Bowen  When Rossana D’Antonio’s brother was killed in the 2008 TACA 390 plane crash, that loss led to a lengthy research effort that...

Richard Danzig By Max Bowen Meet Chance Cormac , a litigator, boxer and lapsed Catholic who confronts hard facts about the law and himself....