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Fiction, essays, poetry, translations, and journalism in print and online across four continents.
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— Across Languages, Genres & BordersA Scottish family's arduous journey unfolds across continents as indentured servants in colonial America, their legacy etched along the Raritan River and beyond, until the American Revolution bitterly divides them.
Disinherited as the worthless youngest son, a tenacious Scottish-American orphan carves his own path to family and belonging amidst prejudice and the harsh realities of the American frontier, finding love where he least expects it.
Under the love-bombing spell of a famous and whimsical painter, a smitten young artist awakens to his manipulative intent to exploit her talents, forcing her to choose between his version of love and the liberation of her dreams.
An examination of family relationships in detail: how they limit us, nurture us, and ultimately define us.
Set in German-occupied Florence, two assimilated Jewish sisters navigate the treacherous landscape with skill and audacity. Inspired by a historic Florentine apartment rumoured to have sheltered Italian Jews during the war.
An intellectually adventurous Irish woman ahead of her time flees Tudor England and embarks on a transformative pilgrimage across fifteenth-century Europe, culminating in the ancient Italian monastery of Bobbio.
New essays, fiction, and poetry as they appear.
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