“Touchstone” has indelible characters, a palpable sense of a volatile time and place, and a plot as tight as a drum. ... $21.95), the third of James Sallis’ elegiac books about the man.

All books have family trees, and you don’t need a DNA swab to start drawing one for David Bowman’s posthumously published novel, “Big Bang,” which has at least two screamingly obvious ...

The American Society of Journalists and Authors has awarded Touchstone Community School teacher Jane Katch an honorable mention in the memoir category for her book, “Far Away from the Tigers: A ...