In Nathacha Appanah’s luminous novel "The Sky above the Roof", a teenager’s impulsive, confused actions lead to his imprisonment. Formidable, intense Phoenix was forced to be a child entertainer. Doll-like, she sang for adoring... Read More

"Travels in the Americas" is Albert Camus’s lively, intimate travel record, covering his encounters abroad as well as his inner world with Gallic flair. An astute observer of people and places and an avid participant in the life around... Read More

Drawing on historical records and imaginative recreations, "By Water" is the graphic biography of a leading figure of the Radical Reformation. In the early sixteenth century, Felix Manz, a Swiss Anabaptist, protested against the baptism... Read More

Reflective and forthright, Adina Talve-Goodman’s posthumously published essay collection "Your Hearts, Your Scars" discusses chronic illness, the corporeal body, and the privilege of being alive. Talve-Goodman was born with congenital... Read More

In Franco Aureliani’s charming graphic novel "Fae and the Moon", a girl pulls the moon from the sky, hoping that it will bring her mother home to her. Fae lives in her little house with the company of two rats, Frik and Frak, and one... Read More