An artist seeks freedom from oppressive Russian authorities in Eugene Yelchin’s graphic memoir I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You This. In 1980, Yelchin, an aspiring artist, is excited to be included in an exhibition of paintings,... Read More

Michael W. Twitty’s masterful cookbook "Recipes from the American South" includes thoughtful historical considerations on the “collision of cultures” that inform its recipes from a vibrant, distinctive culinary region. Breads,... Read More

In Roger Celestin’s haunting novel "The Delicate Beast", a man’s early experiences in the Tropical Republic are contrasted with his life in exile in the United States and Europe. A boy grows up in the Tropical Republic in the 1950s,... Read More

A favored son longs to be accepted by his resentful brothers in "Seventeen Spoons", the moving second novel of Esther Goldenberg’s epic biblical trilogy. Joseph, longed for for ages, receives special treatment from his parents, earning... Read More

The fresh, informative essays collected in "Sex Work Today" concern challenges faced by those engaging in modern erotic labor. According to the authors in this collection, the stigma and stereotypes surrounding erotic labor often obscure... Read More

Intergenerational family secrets reemerge in Defne Suman’s devastating novel "Summer Heat". Melike is a Turkish art historian who agrees to guide Petro, a documentarian, through Byzantine churches. But intimacy with Petro challenges... Read More

Alexandra A. Chan is an archaeologist, and her eloquent, inventive memoir "In the Garden Behind the Moon" chronicles her search through her family’s history, which woke her to new ways of seeing. The book begins with a riveting account... Read More

In "Language City", Ross Perlin argues that the quintessential New Yorker is neither an artist from Brooklyn nor a Wall Street banker, but a working-class multilingual immigrant living in Queens. His book weaves personal stories with... Read More