Neal Hutcheson’s "The Moonshiner Popcorn Sutton" is the definitive biography of a famous Appalachian moonshiner known for his homemade “likker.” Hutcheson, who first told the late moonshiner’s story on film, expands on his... Read More
Hong Kong photographer Ted Lau visited North Korea in October 2019, satisfying a long-held desire to see the controlled outlier nation. His colorful photo-essay about the “biggest social experiment of its kind on the planet” reveals... Read More
Deft and entertaining, Anthony J. Stuart’s "Vanished Giants" reveals the “hugest, fiercest, and strangest” Ice Age animals––mastodons, saber-toothed cats, immense ground sloths, and other odd, extinct creatures. Relaying... Read More
British filmmaker, photographer, and magazine founder Rankin opens his vast archives to reflect on some of the best musician portraits from his three-decade career. "Play" is the operative word here: musicians play music, and play with... Read More
Patrick Samway’s literary history portrays editor Robert Giroux’s relationship with confessional poet and writer John Berryman. Giroux, who published most of Berryman’s books in the US, studied with the poet at Columbia. They... Read More
Norris Hundley and Donald C. Jackson’s "Heavy Ground" focuses on the events surrounding the St. Francis Dam disaster. On March 12th, 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed, and twelve billion gallons of silted water crashed through the... Read More
"Recipes from the President’s Ranch" is a warm gathering of the recipes that helped to nourish the Bush family during their years at the White House. Matthew Wendel learned how to cook in his mother’s kitchen, and his love of the... Read More
The satirical cartoons compiled in "Trump" poke cheeky fun at current events and political figures. America’s forty-fifth president is the subject E. M. Fintan’s political and satirical "Trump". Moving from the 2016 presidential... Read More