Strongest in its memoir aspects, "Your Turn" excels in exploring the myriad ways that storytelling can improve and encourage appreciative living. Tyra Manning’s memoir and self-help book "Your Turn" focuses on successful methods for... Read More

Underlying Cassandra Kircher’s intimate and moving essays on nature, family, and adventures in the wild there are secrets: of a beloved father whose silences and rages marked her childhood; of the people who traveled to the mountains,... Read More

Matthew Budman’s "Book Collecting Now" is both an enthusiastic, clear-eyed look at book collecting in the digital age and an info-rich primer for those who want to begin, expand, or refocus their collections. Despite predictions, print... Read More

Mia Couto’s Rain and Other Stories is reminiscent of centuries-old legends told and retold from one generation to the next. They read like stories designed to preserve a culture’s history, traditions, and way of life. These stories,... Read More

With lines that trip across a life well examined, "Poems and Other Nonsense" is a humorous and heartfelt collection. Dexter Satterwhite’s poetry collection "Poems and Other Nonsense" is alternately funny and wise with its verses about... Read More

A spirited trio of kid sleuths undertake a classic treasure hunt in J. I. Wagner’s "Legend of the Star Runner". Taking its inspiration from video games and cloak-and-dagger mysteries, this story for middle-grade readers is a visual... Read More

Searing, honest, and unflagging in its pursuit of understanding, George Yancy’s "Backlash" holds a mirror up to angry commenters and white liberals alike, forcing a reckoning with shared complicity in racism. Yancy’s now-famous 2015... Read More

"My Pen Pal Ien" is a clever book, part science fiction and part humor. Glynn Green’s science fiction novella "My Pen Pal Ien" explores the nature of time and destiny through the tradition of childhood pen pals. Dyrain is a... Read More