Charlotte Maya’s moving memoir "Sushi Tuesdays" covers how she survived the death of a loved one. The book is set during the aftermath of Maya’s husband’s suicide on a “perfectly ordinary Sunday.” He had stayed home to take a... Read More

Philip C. Almond’s fascinating and comprehensive cultural study of Mary Magdalene reviews hundreds of interpretations of the revered saint and explores the creative tension between her complex tradition and the history of religious... Read More

In N. Prabhakaran’s postmodern short story collection "Diary of a Malayali Madman", people are touched by madness and constrained by the traditions and politics of their Indian societies. A man finds himself pressed into service as a... Read More

A sixth grader navigates life’s hard knocks with wit, some wisdom, and experience in Big Nate: Nailed It!, the latest collection of the long-running syndicated comic strip. Nate, seeking to better his fortune, decides he needs a good... Read More

Art professor A. Laurie Palmer’s musing interdisciplinary work "The Lichen Museum" draws life lessons from often-overlooked organisms. Lichens, Palmer notes, have served as food, drink, dye, and decoration for millennia, though their... Read More

Bass guitarist Rose Marshack’s memoir "Play Like a Man" chronicles her experiences with the indie rock band Poster Children and with Salaryman, Poster Children’s “electronic alter-ego.” Raised in the Chicago suburbs, Marshack was... Read More

"Bark On" is Mason Boyles’s free-ranging, fanciful novel about the complex dynamics and extreme training regimen of two triathletes. Benji, a scandalized former Olympic trainer, recruits and coaches endurance athletes for Ironman... Read More

The Von Trapezes stun audiences under the big tent with their various talents each night. But the youngest member of the family, Adam, doesn’t feel like he fits in. He tries out multiple circus skills; none sing to him. Indeed, he’ll... Read More