A plucky, ignored little girl on the beach makes her own fun in the upbeat picture book "Famous Seaweed Soup". In Antoinette Truglio Martin’s sunny picture book "Famous Seaweed Soup", a young beachcomber dishes up a make-believe... Read More

Edginess, unsettlement, a sense of foreboding: what weather can come to bear and a skillful poet with some thoughts on mortality to share. Jeannine Hall Gailey’s ability to turn it up—or down, thankfully—is what makes reading her... Read More

This almost wordless picture book imagines the origins of cave paintings in the Pleistocene. A group of early people battle treacherous conditions and face dangerous animals as they travel in search of food and shelter. A young girl... Read More

Intimate and revelatory, Natalie MacLean’s memoir "Wine Witch on Fire" covers her career as a wine writer, as well as the unexpected end of her marriage. MacLean was raised by a single mother in Canada. Because her father’s presence... Read More

Scott Chaskey’s elegant and spirited essay collection "Soil and Spirit" concerns the interconnectedness of elements and life forms. Studded with literary quotes, poetry, personal anecdotes, and scenes from a well-traveled life, these... Read More

Noting that camping rocketed in popularity during COVID-19, "Making Camp" explores the history of recreational camping, from its nineteenth-century Adirondack beginnings through to the present. With an abundance of vintage illustrations... Read More

In Ada Zhang’s short story collection "The Sorrows of Others", people of all ages confront personal and cultural losses. Throughout the book, Chinese and Chinese American people face an age-old problem: loneliness in the company of... Read More

Mexican poet Isabel Zapata probes the enduring mysteries of pregnancy and birth in "In Vitro", a memoir in fragments that travels from fertility treatment through to the early weeks of pandemic-time motherhood. “I want to shatter the... Read More