Polly Atkin’s memoir "Some of Us Just Fall" reveals the concentric circles surrounding chronic illnesses, drawing on history, experience, science, and literature to explore life lived in a liminal space with nuance. From toddlerhood... Read More

A brooding, magic-wielding elf barges into a librarian’s secrets as she investigates her mother’s mysterious death in Amy Kuivalainen’s novel "Of Starlight and Midnight". After a violent war, elvish brothers Søren and Aramis are... Read More

In captivating words, photographs, and illustrations, geologist Edmund Stump’s book "Otherworldly Antarctica" covers the “stark and utterly pristine” continent where winter never leaves. Stump spent thirteen field seasons mapping... Read More

A boy who died and saw heaven as a child grapples with his perceptions of the experience, Christianity, and his newfound sexual orientation in Eric Schlich’s humorous, introspective novel "Eli Harpo’s Adventure to the Afterlife". Eli... Read More

Arash Azizi’s "What Iranians Want" documents the demands and aspirations behind the Iranian people’s struggle for freedom. On September 13, 2022, Mahsa Amini died in police custody in Tehran for the alleged crime of wearing her hijab... Read More

Dustin Kiskaddon’s memoir "Blood and Lightning" details the ins and outs of working in a tattoo shop. The book covers every facet of being a tattoo artist, including the intimacy of the relationship between a tattooer and their client... Read More

In Tlotlo Tsamaase’s fearsome futuristic novel "Womb City", a woman struggles to escape the dystopian horror of her AI-controlled existence. Twenty-eight-year-old Nelah lives in Botswana with her police officer husband, Elifasi.... 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