Full of “girls who don’t apologize for who they are,” Mathangi Subramanian’s A People’s History of Heaven proves heaven isn’t about a distant perfection. Here, Heaven is a Bangalore slum where people are bound together by... Read More

Richard Chiem’s "King of Joy" traces an abandoned girl’s tragic trajectory from unloved teenager to abandoned bride to snuff porn queen. This experimental literary novel is the right amount of both dreamy and dark. Corvus, limp and... Read More

Jessica Handler’s based-in-truth historical novel "The Magnetic Girl" is all atmosphere and electricity. It centers on Lulu, the daughter of a Civil War defector and the sister of Leo, whose developmental challenges she feels... Read More

Josh Frank, Tim Heidecker, and Manuela Pertega have created a graphic novel version of a story long thought to be lost in "Giraffes on Horseback Salad". Based on the only known copy of artist Salvador Dali’s rough script, which he... Read More

Separating North and South Korea, the demilitarized zone reaches 154 miles from sea to sea and has gradually become home to otters, seals, mountain goats, water deer, and more. Softly drawn yet powerful images uncover a peaceful wildlife... Read More

Wayne Vansant combines thorough military and historical detail with unforgettable characters in his epic masterwork "Katusha". Vansant has long specialized in telling stories of war, from Marvel’s comic series The ’Nam to his many... Read More

Natalie Ruth Joynton’s "Welcome to Replica Dodge" is a memoir about religion, place, and curious spiritual and literal journeys. Written with warmth, candor, and beautifully pensive language, "Welcome to Replica Dodge" follows Joynton... Read More

Introduce little ones to the wonders of each season with daily romps through mud, sand, grass, or snow. Lighthearted rhymes encourage the use of all five senses while exploring nature in the backyard and beyond. With splashes of color... Read More