Becoming an author is often serendipitous and circuitous, and for Nash Candelaria, one of Chicano literature’s prominent novelists, tracing his discovery of writing quickly led to the realization that it was “something that sneaked... Read More

“I thought about when I was twelve years old, lying awake at night in the top bunk above my fast-asleep brother, and how I would stare at the ceiling and whisper aloud, I wish I were black… I wish I were black…” writes Michael... Read More

“He knows the oil is running out—and time with it,” runs the copy in the advertisement from the 1970s by American nuclear-power companies. “But he wouldn’t build the plants now if he doubted their safety. He’d wait. As many... Read More

Life as Janet Cromer knew it ended on July 5, 1998. Boarding a flight home to Boston, her husband Alan suffered a severe heart attack and cardiac arrest that robbed his brain of oxygen for more than forty-five minutes. When he awoke days... Read More

People who come out as gay in later life face challenges different from those who come out when they’re younger—they may have families, marriages, and professional colleagues who are affected by their seemingly sudden shift. Too,... Read More

Working tirelessly from the 1930s until his death in 1974, Khuda Buksh established insurance as an institution in Bangladesh, became the driving force in expanding life insurance in Pakistan, and helped nurture the business in East... Read More

"On the Hurricane Coast" is a memoir-cum-travelogue that tells the story of journalist, photographer, and Philadelphia-native Douglas Bennett Lee’s experiences of living on and reporting from the Central Gulf Coast. Though a northerner... Read More

Yogi, teacher, and author Michele Hébert invites readers to traverse the demanding spiritual path of Raja Yoga, with its realizations and doubts. Her memoir traces one student’s story, from the roots of the human potential movement... Read More