The engrossing short stories of Cara Hoffman’s "Ruin" are at once familiar and otherworldly. These arresting, disorienting stories demand attention, like the “image of a... Read More

Joseph Matthews’s clamorous, complex novel "The Blast" is set in San Francisco in 1916. It contrasts the city’s burgeoning capitalist prosperity with its increasing climate... Read More

In JJ Amaworo Wilson’s vibrant novel "Nazaré", a tyrannical regime meets its match in a compassionate teenager who seems to command the waves. For four generations, the... Read More

John P. Clark’s "Between Earth and Empire" is an expansive work that considers the broad and chilling consequences of ecological disaster. The Earth is in such dire straits... Read More

Upset at the cost of prenatal care, hospital deliveries, unpaid leave, and years of childcare? Imagine if all the eighteen- to forty-year-old women in the US simply refused to... Read More

A world without hunger, without war or an international arms race, without militarized nation-states and arbitrary authorities: even now, in the twenty-first century, these... Read More

This emboldening book will equip movements to fight for community rights. We the People: Stories from the Community Rights Movement in the United States, by Thomas Linzey and... Read More

Drawing inspiration from the true story of a skyscraper turned safe haven, JJ Amaworo Wilson’s "Damnificados" is a timeless reminder of the strength and character found in... Read More

This thinly veiled fictional autobiography is a powerful polemic on prison life, as well as a beautifully wrought literary gem. First published in 1931, "Men in Prison"... Read More

Kuper’s hardcover opus Diario de Oaxaca, excerpted briefly in Wordless Worlds, is not as distant as it might appear at first glance. Peter Kuper is probably stuck with his... Read More