In the luminous essays of Priyanka Kumar’s "Conversations with Birds", birds are a portal to reclaiming childhood connections with nature and the lush, wild landscape of northern India’s remote mountains. Torn from her roots by a... Read More

A classic gay coming-of-age story is adapted to graphic novel format in Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel. Based on an autobiographical 1982 novel, this book spans several decades to tell the tale of Eddie, who, as... Read More

"Angel of the Garbage Dump" is the biography of a courageous change-maker, Hanley Denning. Denning first encountered the Guatemala City dump that she came to think of as “home” in 1999. Though her early experiences there were... Read More

In Murzban F. Shroff’s novel "Waiting for Jonathan Koshy", a friend’s misfortune leads to reminiscing. Jonathan Koshy is on his way back to Mumbai for the first time in three years. Four friends gather to await his arrival. They pass... Read More

Charcuterie boards are always in vogue, but Olivia Carney’s "The Art of the Board" puts the wow factor into these edible arrangements. She calls food boards a great plan-ahead addition to any party menu, and the book encourages having... Read More

Christopher Teuton and Hastings Shade’s "Cherokee Earth Dwellers" makes traditional Cherokee wisdom, language, teachings, and culture accessible to all because it “is time for all to know.” Based on the work and teachings of the... Read More

A young woman tries to come to terms with grief in Tanya Turton’s poignant novel "Jade Is a Twisted Green". After the death of her twin sister Roze at age seventeen, Jade fell into a deep, lingering depression. Because she is unable to... Read More

The residents of an abandoned apartment complex eke out an outskirts living in Cho Nam-Joo’s dystopian novel "Saha". Thirty years ago, Saha Estates was a bustling apartment community. Then a corporation bought out the nearby town and... Read More