The situation is stark: those in less developed countries are “twenty times more likely to be affected by climate-related disasters.” In her forthright work of research and witness, "State of Disaster", Maria Cristina Garcia... Read More

A solitary young woman gazes into a senior’s tumultuous past in "Almost Visible", Michelle Sinclair’s immersive novel about finding connections and living through regrets. Fresh from Nova Scotia, Tess moves to Montreal and in with a... Read More

Edited by Corinne T. Field and LaKisha Michelle Simmons, the essays collected in "The Global History of Black Girlhood" are groundbreaking, delivering history lessons with present-day implications. Drawing insights from research into the... Read More

In Hemley Boum’s novel Days Come & Go, a woman’s terminal diagnosis triggers memories of her family’s tragic history. Anna grew up without a mother. Her daughter, Abi, has never known a world without her mother in it. But Anna... Read More

In the novel "Sins of the Tribe", a powerful football program takes its exploitative methods too far. Mark A. Salter’s novel "Sins of the Tribe" is about the human impact of exploitative college football programs. Brothers Wally and... Read More

“You will be the storyteller,” navigating through this exquisite wordless picture book whose images suggest deep tales, but do not over pronounce their parameters. Each feathery illustration plays with proportions and subverts... Read More

In her latest book, Leslie Kern deconstructs various myths about gentrification, revealing the harm that they cause—on top of gentrification itself. For middle- and upper-class white people, gentrification–when poor urban areas are... Read More

In "The Cuban Sandwich", Andrew T. Huse, Bárbara C. Cruz, and Jeff Houck give the titular dish a well-deserved spotlight. The Cuban sandwich, or Cubano, has been a favorite in both Cuba and the United States for over a century.... Read More