A teenage girl befriends a misunderstood sea monster in the graphic novel "Pearl of the Sea". Pearl lives with her father by the sea in South Africa, but with little work for him in the area, making the rent each month is a major... Read More

Stewart Lawrence Sinclair’s "Juggling" is a memoir, an analysis, and a guide; it examines the role of the hobby in Sinclair’s personal search for meaning. Through a series of linked essays, "Juggling" pivots between relating... Read More

The haunting stories collected in A. J. Bermudez’s "Stories No One Hopes Are About Them" comment on qualities of the Anthropocene and center apathy’s hand in violence. Volleying between the beauty of final moments and the thrill of... Read More

In "Plain", Mary Alice Hostetter chronicles her formative years within a Mennonite family and her later quest for personal independence. In Pennsylvania, Hostetter and her siblings worked on her parents’ farm. She also helped with... Read More

Made up of four profound pieces, this literary collection reimagines identity beyond one’s nation-state; it observes the discordance of the diaspora. Salah el Moncef’s literary collection "Now and Then" includes elements of social... Read More

Marked by gratitude, "Turning" is a personalized self-help text that encourages people to envision more for their third acts. Part memoir and part self-help work, geriatric nurse Becky Blue’s "Turning" concerns the culture of aging and... Read More

The Devil’s Highway combines Joan Myers’s photographs with a gritty short story by William deBuys to evoke the sweeping, inhospitable open road. Constructed in 1926, US Route 191, formerly known as Route 666 and nicknamed “The... Read More

"How to Crush That Career Thing" is a thought-provoking self-help guide to discerning the work that best suits each person’s values and strengths. Kirk Anderson’s tactical career guide "How to Crush That Career Thing" lays out a... Read More