"Let Me Go When the Banter Stops" is Dr. Linda Gromko’s memoir about her husband’s illness and death. It is deeply entrenched in her personal loss and enriched by her professional knowledge—and it highlights the vital role of... Read More

Celebrated American poet W.S. Merwin is notable not only for his accomplishments and prodigious output (publishing twenty-some poetry collections, twenty-some translations, and several books of prose since 1952), but for the shifts in... Read More

The author of The Lux and The Covenant series, Armentrout is already well versed in the fundamental aspects of an appealing paranormal romance. In her latest novel, "Cursed", she brings these elements together for a new, entertaining... Read More

In Christian tradition, the Lazarus metaphor symbolizes the physical resurrection of the body and the dormant spirituality of human beings. Pierre Hegy’s methodical and thoughtful analysis of the present crisis in worldwide Catholicism... Read More

In the realm of spirituality, the phrase “the way” refers primarily to two major images. In the Gospel of St. John, Jesus refers to himself as the way, the truth, and the light; and in traditional Chinese philosophy and Eastern... Read More

Set during the Civil War, "Rain Upon the Blinding Dust" tells the story of Moses, a runaway slave who joins the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry, and John, a drummer in the 33rd Iowa Infantry. Moses and John meet at the failed Red... Read More

In this tribute to a cherished mentor, Collis D. Patterson collects Samuel L. Banks’ writings and oral presentations (produced between 1990 and 1995), as well as outlines of academic policies for the multicultural curriculum that he... Read More

Many children’s books take on the challenge of entertaining while educating or providing a moral. Mark Gregory Washer’s "Blue Bonnie Butterfly" aspires to teach not one moral, but several, as Blue Bonnie Butterfly learns to “Be... Read More