The incisive, intriguing novel "Benefit" contemplates standards of accomplishment and value, as well as the ambiguity of capitalistic philanthropy. A decade before the events of the novel, Laura received a coveted Weatherfield... Read More

Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore’s inspiring biography traces the rise of a Black American painter, the great grandson of slaves, to a place of eminence in twentieth-century American art, despite the racism he faced. Born in 1911 in North... Read More

In "Dear Queer Self", Jonathan Alexander zeroes in on the turbulent years of his early adulthood, during which he came to terms with his sexuality, recreating them with the help of hindsight. Adapting a creative approach and... Read More

Historian of Native America Gregory D. Smithers’s "Reclaiming Two-Spirits" tackles the colonization of sexuality and gender in Indigenous American communities. “‘Two-Spirit,’” Smithers explains, “is derived from the Northern... Read More

Lars Mytting’s "The Sixteen Trees of the Somme" is an intricate and evocative literary mystery about an orphaned Norwegian man whose family history is caught in between two world wars and the German Jewish sides of WWII. Growing up on... Read More

South African chef Mogau Seshoene’s cookbook Hosting with the Lazy Makoti: A Celebration of Food is a vibrant compilation of recipes. Seshoene has a notable social media presence, and she founded her Lazy Makoti culinary platform in... Read More

In Antti Tuomainen’s novel "The Rabbit Factor", a Helsinki actuary’s predictable world turns into a bizarre landscape filled with chaos, death threats, and an enormous plastic rabbit. Henri, a diligent worker, feels like he’s... Read More

Soft, blushing, winsome illustrations trace this story of an unconventional friendship between a dormouse and a cheerful fox—one that is challenged during the dormouse’s hibernation, when the fox befriends a badger, too. Can the... Read More