A generation trades clicks for activism in "Girlfriend on Mars", Deborah Willis’s incisive satirization of Anthropocene dissonance. Once an Olympic hopeful, Amber is now in her thirties and dead-ending it in British Columbia. She loves... Read More

Greg Marshall’s moving memoir "Leg" is about finding strength in family support. While applying for health insurance during graduate school, Marshall learned that his recognizable limp was a symptom of spastic cerebral palsy. He’d... Read More

Reissued in light of the contemporary relevance of its topics, Journalist I. F. Stone’s political exposé of the Korean War calls years’ worth of dubious claims, made by the highest authorities, into question. Often called the... Read More

An arranged marriage becomes a nightmare for an unwitting Nigerian woman in Adorah Nworah’s novel "House Woman". When Nna goes home to visit his unconventional but loving parents, he is surprised to find that they have arranged for him... Read More

Mysterious mail initiates a family’s search for their buried truths in Anne Berest’s elegiac novel "The Postcard", which vivifies and honors the dead. At her first Seder well into her adulthood, Berest is confronted by an aspiring... Read More

"That’s How Strong My Love Is" is the exuberant memoir of a New York City sophisticate who moved to rural Indiana to open a nostalgic museum. Centered in music and art, David Loehr’s fascinating memoir "That’s How Strong My Love... Read More

"Making Friends with Monsters" is a sensitive novel that tackles themes of mental health and family dynamics from the perspective of a boy who’s determined to persevere. Equal parts heartbreaking and hopeful, Sandra L. Rostirolla’s... Read More

John Cribb’s sweeping historical novel "The Rail Splitter" covers Abraham Lincoln’s early days, charting his path from a rough-hewn log cabin to the White House. This biographical novel brings Lincoln to life, including during his... Read More