Bruce Beasley’s Prayershreds wrestles with language in hope of addressing divinity. Review by Aarik Danielsen

Leonard Cohen’s posthumous collection of stories shows an artist wrestling with the pain of creating and considering the consequences of ignoring the artistic calling.

Poet Maggie Smith uses her memoir to tell a deeply personal story that nonetheless invites readers to make it their own. Review by Whitney Rio-Ross

Eugene Vodolazkin once again makes the case for living in the present, this time on a grander scale. Review by Sarah Clark