Infused with family stories and historical tidbits about Southern cuisine, Chef Ron Hsu’s bountiful, celebratory, and edifying cookbook "Down South + East" marries flavors from across the world in its irresistible dishes. A La... Read More

Mark A. Johnson’s thorough history text "American Bacon" situates bacon as a defining element of American identity. The book utilizes archival evidence, historical works, and interviews to explore the trajectory of bacon in American... Read More

Samantha Ellis’s powerful memoir "Always Carry Salt" exemplifies diaspora yearning and determination. Ellis grew up in the United Kingdom, hearing snippets of the Judeo-Iraqi Arabic of her parents and ancestors. By adulthood, though,... Read More

The moving memoir "Things Left Unsaid" embodies a son’s respect for his complicated father. Glenn E. Wichinsky’s exploratory memoir "Things Left Unsaid" is about a late-in-life discovery that compelled him to rewrite his entire... Read More

Kate Eichhorn’s "School Yearbook" is an illuminating study of the meanings and uses of yearbooks—“semipublic documents” with surprising cultural and political value. The Yale Banner, circa 1841, is widely considered the first... Read More

"Lessons in Drag" started as a performance by LaWhore Vagistan, the drag persona of academic Kareem Khubchandani. In it, she stages Khubchandani’s ethnographic research into accents, aunties, appropriation, and other topics connected... Read More

With an eye toward transformational changes that require good-faith buy-ins from all consumers of mainstream media, "Overcoming Information Chaos" is a compelling political science text. Retired diplomat Danielle M. Reiff brings together... Read More