A fictionalized look at the marriage of ballerina Tanaquil Le Clercq and choreographer George Balanchine after Le Clercq’s dancing career ends due to polio.

• Literary,

When an extremist group uses deadly force to hinder relief efforts following a devastating earthquake, two American soldiers take action.

• Literary,

Fourteen deft stories populate this debut fiction collection by the award-winning poet.

• Literary,
• Short Stories,

This chillingly realistic novel depicts a tragedy similar to what many Chileans endured after Gen. Pinochet overthrew the democratically elected government in 1973.

• Historical Fiction,
• Literary,

The tense dance between destiny and free will moves through the author’s latest novel about the inhabitants — both human and not — of a small desert town.

• Literary,

In this lyrical speculative tale, the slowing of the earth brings disorienting changes to humankind while the young protagonist struggles with the normal changes of adolescence.

• GBF13,
• Literary,

A stay-at-home dad deals with parenthood, a crumbling marriage and his father’s recent death.

• Literary,

Artistic invention and South American history color this richly textured novel in which a chance meeting with the poet Pablo Neruda leads to a game of sleuthing.

• Literary,