For too many people, Diné or not, Diné writing remains invisible within the greater literary landscape. The Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature changes this. Its vibrant catalogue of literary works, including poems, short... Read More

The death of a showgirl whose escort business could expose corrupt political and social forces drives the mystery novel "Rome by Night". In J. Gennaro Albano’s mystery novel "Rome by Night", powerful forces rush to conceal the... Read More

Tyler Gillespie’s memoir "The Thing about Florida" addresses the state behind the myth and memes. Though he’s a fifth-generation Floridian, Gillespie was once embarrassed to call the state “home.” Now, he’s able to survey the... Read More

There are many men that Michael Sadowski has never been, and they all fill the pages of this honest recounting of his personal failures—a heartfelt memoir that ends on a note of hope. Schoolboy, athlete, hopeless romantic, family man... Read More

Donna Florio’s "Growing Up Bank Street" is a vibrant, heartfelt memoir, centered on one of Greenwich Village’s most notable series of blocks. A lifelong New Yorker, Florio combines historical context with personal experiences in her... Read More

Historian Gordon H. Shufelt’s true crime book recounts the 1875 murder of a Black man by a white policeman. While racial police brutality is still not uncommon, the grim distinction surrounding Daniel Brown’s death is that, in late... Read More

“Sex is messy. Un-sex is just as infinitely messy,” Myriam Steinberg writes in "Catalogue Baby", her graphic memoir about five grueling years of fertility treatment. By the time she became a parent, she’d had 125 blood draws, 151... Read More

Compiling recipes from refugee chefs of scattered origins, "The Kitchen without Borders" is a bridge-building cookbook. The catering company Eat Offbeat began in 2015, with the award of a seed grant from Columbia University to sister and... Read More