The urgent, prescient essays in Rebecca Solnit’s "No Straight Road Takes You There" name social inequities and ecological pains while insisting upon hope. Writing after the 2020 election, at a time when many on the left implored... Read More

The difficult yet enriching world of environmental activism is dissected in the essays and how-tos in "Tools to Save Our Home Planet". Organized in the style of a guidebook, the book pulls together some of the most consequential voices... Read More

A gorgeous exercise in open theology, Martha Park’s essay collection "World Without End" ponders climate change, social inequities, family, and religion. Though it has roots in her Christian upbringing, Park’s book treats faith less... Read More

In his rollicking essay collection "Double Hyenas and Lazarus Birds", Charles Hood reckons with the ocean’s simultaneous allure and risk through stories of seabird-watching and of his father’s wartime service in the Pacific Theater.... Read More

Tamara Dean’s introspective memoir-in-essays "Shelter and Storm" is about sustainable living in a Wisconsin farming community. Pursuing a “new beginning,” Dean left the city and purchased a small farm in a southwest Wisconsin... Read More

Daniel Tammet’s "Nine Minds" is a biographical mosaic of neurodivergence built of stories of individuals whose struggles and achievements defy the clichés surrounding autism. The book presents autism not as a “disorder” but as a... Read More

The incisive autobiographical essays of Amy Lee Scott’s "When the World Explodes" ponder private tragedies and global threats. Eleven inquisitive pieces consider personal crises alongside natural disasters and gun violence. One links... Read More

"All the Love" is a peaceful visual and linguistic exploration of the world’s wonders, encouraging people to honor, preserve, and restore nature and communities. Douglas Schaper’s essay and photography collection "All the Love"... Read More