While still childless, Julia Ortega has to deal with her husband's terminal illness. He in turn regrets, more than his own demise, not having an offspring to carry on his name. In his heart, he blames...

The death of Sharon Hobart launches Marco Navarro into an exploration of the recent past. Did she love him, or did she have an ulterior reason for befriending him? Was she connected to Allied Chemicals...

The Cisco Kid in the Bronx is a Caribbean emigrant bildungsroman that at moments may remind the reader of the classic collection Drown by Junot Diaz. Ortiz's collection certainly fulfills many of the...

At Fortunoff's is a collection of short stories focused on the life of New Yorkers in the second half of the Twentieth Century. The conflict between the impulse to fall in love and the necessity of dealing...