Fredrik Granath and Melissa Schäfer spend months each year documenting wildlife in Norway’s Svalbard region, a “ground zero of global warming” Arctic environment that they characterize as the “roughest and toughest,” but also... Read More

Elisa Macellari’s graphic biography "Kusama" concentrates on the life and work of artist Yayoi Kusama. The book follows a natural arc, moving from Kusama’s childhood in Japan, and her first interest in art, to her years of growing... Read More

Dakota McFadzean’s story collection To Know You’re Alive is deliberate, creepy, and wonderful. These stories might be called haunting or disturbing, but that loose description doesn’t do justice to their subtle and graceful... Read More

Amra Sabic-El-Rayess’s account of her youth during the Bosnian War is a timely personal testimony on the strictures of survival. Gripping and achingly humane, "The Cat I Never Named" captures what it means to face an ideological tide... Read More

Miyuki is full of energy and curiosity when she finds her grandfather meditating in a Lotus blossom. She begs him to teach her to meditate, too, but the patient old man takes her for a walk in the garden instead. The book’s signature,... Read More

Walking is such a humble activity. But for Glenn Berkenkamp, who grew up in a family of walkers, it’s also a rich and satisfying way to experience the wonders of the world while enhancing one’s health, fitness, mood, and creativity.... Read More

In the short stories of Scholastique Mukasonga’s "Igifu", exiled Tutsis struggle to survive and thrive in the aftermath of the Rwandan revolution. Tutsis, Rwanda’s long-oppressed ethnic group, have often suffered harassment,... Read More

Its magic pure and its mysteries primordial, Lars Mytting’s novel "The Bell in the Lake" is a tour de force set in the untamed wilds of Norway. Fresh out of seminary, Kai Schweigaard receives an assignment to head a remote church in... Read More