One of the sharpest pleasures of encountering new fiction can come from knowing almost nothing about it, or its author, in advance. In fact it’s often best that way.

In the idyllic town of Hanover, people go in and out of small shops on Main Street, plows clear a path for skaters on Occom Pond, and students at Dartmouth College make their way to class.

Lisa Schnebly Heidinger and Julie Morrison traveled across Arizona, writing poems and prose to document their journey in ...

His deep interest in Silchester, known as Calleva Atrebatum in ancient times, has heavily influenced his writing.