Jill C. Dardig and William L. Heward’s "Let’s Make a Contract" presents tools for reaching parent-child agreements. Sharing the insights and skills needed to craft contracts between parents and children, so that both can get what... Read More

Sociologist Gillian Ranson’s "Front-Wave Boomers" concerns what’s facing those on the verge of “(very) old age.” Interrogating the concerns of baby boomers—a group brimming with vivacity and ideals, even as they face the... Read More

Through her lyrical memoir "This or Something Better", Elisa Stancil Levine revisits painful events from her past and endeavors to become more empathetic. Levine’s story of resilience is framed by an account of a fire in California... Read More

In "Linea Nigra", a fragmentary work of cultural commentary, Jazmina Barrera investigates pregnancy as both a physical reality and a liminal state. The linea nigra, a stripe of dark hair down a pregnant woman’s belly, is a potent... Read More

“Every disease has its own narrative,” psychiatrist Anne Skomorowsky writes in this lucid, comprehensive history of Fragile X, a genetic mutation that causes a range of physical and behavioral problems. Introducing affected families... Read More

"Dying with Dad" is a moving memoir about the importance of talking about death. Yvonne Caputo’s memoir "Dying with Dad" is about her experiences with losing people whom she loved—and with learning how to address the topic of death... Read More