AMERICA BEGINS (438 pp.)—Edited by Richard M. Dorson—Pantheon ($4.50).One day in the early 1600s, a certain gentleman of Jamestown murdered his wife, cut her in pieces and later "was ...

Writer and translator Aruna Chakravarti demonstrates her unique skills as a story-teller in her collection of stories, Through a Looking Glass (published by Om Books International).She captures ...