"Affect" is a surreal novel about death, love, existence, and nonexistence. A woman grapples with intense philosophical questions and romantic feelings for a classmate in Charlene Elsby’s novel "Affect". She met Logan at the university... Read More

Antonio Gil’s graphic novel "The Flutist of Arnhem" tells the story of World War II’s Operation Market Garden, a 1944 Allied attack in the Netherlands that met with mixed results. The big successes of Allied efforts in World War II... Read More

A reporter squeezed by the changing news industry decides to play by different, dangerous rules in "The Stringer". Mark Scribner is a seasoned war correspondent who risks his life to bring truth to the world. But as the world shows less... Read More

The image of Abraham Joshua Heschel walking in pace with Martin Luther King Jr. to Selma is seared into the consciousness of every American Jew. Drawing on the Talmud, Jewish prophecy, and interreligious connections, he viewed God as... Read More

Thomas C. Holt’s civil rights history text, "The Movement", takes care to include Black women leaders alongside its more familiar names. Beginning with 1930s and 1940s political strategizing, this book covers familiar civil rights... Read More

Jerald Walker’s essay collection concerns family, academia, and the uncomfortable realities of racism. The provocative essay “How to Make a Slave” reminisces about a Black history school project on Frederick Douglass, during which... Read More

Reimagining the classic play while staying true to its form, "The Other Richard III" is a fascinating flight of imagination that’s grounded in history. John Birney reworks Shakespeare’s story of Richard III in his remarkable play... Read More

Anne Egseth’s captivating epistolary novel "This Is All He Asks of You" is about growing up and finding light in the darkness. Luna is Norwegian; when she is twelve, she spends time living with her single mother in the US. The book’s... Read More