In Birgitta Trotzig’s novella, a young woman’s toughness in the face of poverty and heartbreak sets her apart from her village peers.

Alaskans have much in common with Icelanders, sharing so much in the way of weather, rural living, winter darkness, self-reliance and attitude. Nathaniel Ian Miller, in his second book — the first was ...

Amid one of this winter's first snowstorms, we head out with a young plow driver through Cascade Pass in the Adirondacks; a young family outside of Malone is determined to preserve their farmland by ...