In this masterclass in effervescent wordcraft, even as it ranges through troubled terrain, Sharon Dolin proves to be a poet for the love of sanity. Seven collections of poetry,... Read More

In "American Dinosaur Abroad", Dutch historian of paleontology Ilja Nieuwland traces the rise of people’s obsession with dinosaurs by way of a set of plaster diplodocus casts... Read More

Caroline Kim’s masterful short story collection captures myriad voices with nuance and insight. Their subjects impressive in their breadth, the stories focus on characters... Read More

Most of the ten essays collected in "Inevitably Toxic" are based on papers presented at Claremont College’s “Contested Expertise, Toxic Environments” workshop in Fall... Read More

Spanning ten years, this inspiring biographical novel illuminates the personal life of jazz singer and civil rights activist Lena Horne. Lena Horne was a woman to be reckoned... Read More

Richard Robbins’s "Overtaken by the Night" is an extremely detailed account of Vladimir Dzhunkovsky’s life. His story spans not just one, but several of the most tumultuous... Read More

This historical look at the Standard Oil Company is enlightening on several levels and proves that the lessons of the past have never been more salient. The rapid rise of John... Read More

This book provides the stark contrast between names and actual historical events in cases where one version of history is promoted over another. "Re-Collecting Black Hawk" puts... Read More

Without further ado, can we finally set aside the excuses and get to work on a serious plan to reverse the damage caused by carbon emissions, deforestation, overpopulation,... Read More

“Art at its greatest is fantastically deceitful and complex.” -Vladimir Nabokov Nabokov’s belief couldn’t be more evident than in Christina Ezrahi’s Swans of the... Read More

Cold War Casualties: Congressman Harry Davenport, the author’s uncle, was a one-term Representative from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania whose political career and reputation were... Read More

The author joins the raft of exiled poets, writing about his and his family’s journey from Cuba to Spain, and finally to the United States. All of these poems are haunted by... Read More