Ghosts in the Schoolyard / Racism and School Closings on Chicago’s South Side / Eve L. Ewing / University of Chicago Press / Hardcover $22.50 (240pp) / 978-0-226-52602-7 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Ghosts in the Schoolyard... Read More

A Fistful of Stars / Communing with the Cosmos / Gail Collins-RanadiveMilt Hetrick, contributor / Little Bound Books / Softcover $12.95 (84pp) / 978-1-947003-97-2 / In the center of each cottonwood twig there is a perfect... Read More

Girl Town / Carolyn Nowak / Top Shelf Productions / Softcover $19.99 (160pp) / 978-1-60309-438-2 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Carolyn Nowak’s Girl Town is an intriguing, masterful celebration of girls and girlhood that... Read More

Empowered Boundaries / Speaking Truth, Setting Boundaries, and Inspiring Social Change / Cristien Storm / North Atlantic Books / Softcover $15.95 (208pp) / 978-1-62317-274-9 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / When does “no”... Read More

Summer Cannibals / Melanie Hobson / Grove Press / Softcover $16.00 (288pp) / 978-0-8021-2852-2 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Melanie Hobson’s Summer Cannibals is a vibrant, vicious family portrait in which three adult... Read More

A Song for the River / Philip Connors / Cinco Puntos Press / Softcover $16.95 (246pp) / 978-1-941026-91-5 / Philip Connors has previously written about his many years as a fire lookout in New Mexico’s Gila National Forest. His new... Read More

Love without Limits / Jesus’ Radical Vision for Love with No Exceptions / Jacqueline Bussie / Fortress Press / Hardcover $24.99 (200pp) / 978-1-5064-4688-2 / Part memoir, part theological exploration, Jacqueline A. Bussie’s Love... Read More

I Ran into Some Trouble / Peggy CasertaMaggie Falcon / Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing / Hardcover $29.95 (286pp) / 978-1-942545-82-8 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Best known for the influence of her store, Mnasidika, and her... Read More