Brush, charcoal, chisel, file, lathe, and potter’s wheel, yes, but what is it about artists’ tools like the chainsaw and welding torch that fail to impress so many art lovers and critics—as if real art can’t possibly come from... Read More

A New Age is upon us. Thankfully, a handful of publishers have stepped in to provide the esoteric materials needed to spread the mind-body-spirit word, initiate the Wiccan masses, introduce the magick leaders, starry-eye the astrologers,... Read More

"Alone Against Gravity" is a fascinating portrait of the most famous scientist of the twentieth century as he faced professional, personal, and political turning points on the eve of World War I. Einstein came to study in Berlin in 1913,... Read More

Angelica Shirley Carpenter’s "Born Criminal" skillfully fills in the history of an activist erased from history. While nineteenth-century women’s suffrage movements often saw elite white women fighting for their rights and no one... Read More

Hannagan’s career is a model for following one’s natural calling. Accounts of his agility at straddling the sometimes fine line between journalism and publicity deliver insights into navigating this complex territory. Michael K.... Read More

Daddy Hall’s richly lived life is captured in linocuts that are both brutal and poignant. Tony Miller’s Daddy Hall: A Biography in 80 Linocuts is a potent visual storytelling project that captures the outsized life of the... Read More

Seema Yasmin’s "The Impatient Dr. Lange" tells the extraordinary story of Dr. Joseph “Joep” Lange, who devoted his career to researching a cure for AIDS until his death aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014. Yasmin, his former... Read More

John Okada’s 1957 novel No-No Boy, his only full-length work, was the first novel by a Japanese American to grapple with the aftermath of internment during World War II. Edited by Frank Abe, Greg Robinson, and Floyd Cheung, "John... Read More