In Zalika Reid-Benta’s fantasy novel "River Mumma", a woman without a sense of direction reconnects to her heritage while on a quest. Alicia thought that, when she finished graduate school in New York, an opportunity in publishing... Read More

Moving through the ambiguities of language—English, Spanish, and Paraguay’s Indigenous Guaraní—the grin of a big cat shadowing his every unstealthy step through North and South American habitats and fixed ideas of manhood, Diego... Read More

Amy Lyford’s interpretive biography "Exquisite Dreams" covers artist Dorothea Tanning’s life and remarkable range of work. Born in 1910, Tanning recalled her Galesburg, Illinois, childhood as being a “good one.” She later found a... Read More

Louis Timagène Houat’s harrowing, hopeful abolition novel "The Maroons" introduces a crucial Black narrative to the English canon. A maroon, a term used during the Indian Ocean slave trade, is defined as a fugitive, a Black person who... Read More

A rare glimpse into the culture of the Middle Ages, Hana Videen’s whimsical book The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary dives into medieval manuscripts about animals both real and fantastical. Inflected by Christian beliefs and accounts... Read More

About a career marked by the willingness to be daring and work hard, "Jump on the Train" is an inspiring entrepreneur’s memoir. Real estate development innovator Gerald Rosengarten’s memoir "Jump on the Train" highlights a multitude... Read More

Rabbi Ellen Bernstein’s "Toward a Holy Ecology" is a meditative, captivating interpretation of Song of Songs that emphasizes the natural world, women’s strength, and wholeness. The Song of Songs, an enigmatic poem that celebrates a... Read More

In Bob Katz’s novel Waiting For Al Gore, a journalist and an environmentalist working in Vermont use one another’s skills and contacts to achieve their own goals. Lenny is a journalist searching for the story that will earn him a... Read More