Timothy Phillips visits strategic points along the former Soviet border in his travelogue "Retracing the Iron Curtain". The Iron Curtain was an ideological and physical barrier that cut Europe into East and West for decades. Though the... Read More

Murong Xuecun’s "Deadly Quiet City" is a harrowing compilation of testimonies from people living in Wuhan, China, during the beginning of COVID-19. Split into eight chapters, each dedicated to a Chinese person living in Wuhan in early... Read More

Philip C. Almond’s fascinating and comprehensive cultural study of Mary Magdalene reviews hundreds of interpretations of the revered saint and explores the creative tension between her complex tradition and the history of religious... Read More

Memory, family, and generational trauma guide Marina Jarre’s steps in her Holocaust memoir "Return to Latvia". Jarre was young when her parents separated. She left Latvia and grew up in Italy with her Italian mother; she maintained no... Read More