The Saint Ann’s Review published Donna Baier Stein’s story, “The Sweet Perfume of Somewhere Else” Fall 2015 issue

Life and Legends published two of Donna Baier Stein’s poems in an issue guest-edited by Melissa Studdard

Sympathetic People named one of four finalists in the 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards in the Short Fiction category

Miriam Polli has turned her own fascinating life journey to good use, making the recent publication of her first novel, In a Vertigo of Silence (Serving House Books), cause for celebration. The novel spans four decades from the 1920s to 1960s and shines a warm light on family secrets that have haunted several generations of Polish women. Mental illness, alcoholism, adultery—and the many things we do not tell those closest to us—are the dangerous threads woven through these women’s lives.

Free State Review published Donna Baier Stein’s story “Under the Weight of His Mother’s Body” Fall 2015 issue