In her searing memoir "Crying Wolf", Eden Boudreau enacts a reclamation of herself and her strength after a debilitating rape. Boudreau, the married mother of three boys, is a bisexual, sex-positive woman engaged in a “kink-forward... Read More

Ana Maria Spagna’s fascinating true crime book "Pushed" investigates the possible mass murder of a group of Chinese immigrants by a mob of Indigenous people. While a mob may have pushed the immigrants to their deaths, the book explores... Read More

David Mas Masumoto’s "Secret Harvests" shares the troubled history of two families alongside the extraordinary discovery of a long-lost relative. Soon after the Pearl Harbor attack, Masumoto’s grandparents and their children became... Read More

"Confused by the Odds" is a fascinating historical survey of theories of probability—and their practical implications. David Lockwood’s social science text "Confused by the Odds" introduces theories of probability and shows how... Read More

Maureen Burdock traces the emotions and events of her life in Germany and the US in her excellent graphic memoir "Queen of Snails". From her perspective as an adult, prompted by her mother’s death, Burdock looks back on the twists and... Read More

The weight of trauma and secrets brings a family to their breaking point in the connected short stories of Toni Ann Johnson’s "Light Skin Gone to Waste". The Arrington family has high aspirations. Phil, a psychologist, wants to have a... Read More