Change is coming, but readers know of places that will offer refuge, that are more rewarding than dim rhetoric and terrifying promises. Books always act as passports to better and more thoughtful locales—if some must be traveled to... Read More

Back in 1964, there was an ultraconservative presidential candidate named Barry Goldwater. He was considered so far out of touch with mainstream political thought that some psychiatrists speculated, publicly, that he might be just a few... Read More

To Purdue scholar Su’ad Abdul Khabeer, hip-hop and American Islam are a natural match: both flourish beyond, and comment upon, a hostile status quo. And both provide a place of refuge and expression for African Americans held at the... Read More

It’s too easy to forget that the fight for basic human rights for African Americans occurred—and many would say is still occurring—very recently in our history. A time when African Americans were not allowed to vote in the South is... Read More

Bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert’s name is a brand. Her titles dominate whole shelves in libraries, and circulate without resting. When she turned to a new publishing venture—her own press, Persevero–she was bound to do... Read More

On December 10, the winners of the 2016 Nobel Prize—among the best, brightest, most talented people in the world—will converge on Stockholm to accept the honor. All except one. There will be a Bob Dylan-sized hole in the proceedings.... Read More

Sometimes love comes before understanding. Such was the case with Lucy Burningham and beer. A particularly intriguing IPA awakened her brew palate, cementing an already passionate relationship with the beverage, but before she had an... Read More

Human beings, in times of need, sometimes look to the skies for rescue. While once people presumed that delivery would come via a deity, a more recent kind of faith has placed our hope in the hands of beings just as unseen... Read More