Cannon’s testimony details Marxist philosophy on war and what socialists can take from it to counter the American capitalist majority. "Socialism on Trial", by James P. Cannon, offers explanations to those who question the efficacy of... Read More

Jessica Levine has crafted a lyrical and realistic examination of the complications and exhilarations of romantic entanglements. "The Geometry of Love" asks whether stability or passion is more important in a relationship, as a love... Read More

Joseph masterfully navigates the complexities of her world’s political landscape with a balance between character development and dramatic action. In "Resurrection", the exciting next volume in the Alterran Legacy series, Regina M.... Read More

Combining journals and research, prewar voice and postwar voice, gives this ode to a father’s legacy a unique perspective. Fire from the Sky: A Diary over Japan, by Ron Greer and Mike Wicks, is a multidimensional look at one man’s... Read More

What Klaber does so well throughout is keep front and center the hinge upon which this story swings: Lobdell’s ambiguity about her gendered and sexual self. Only the train was late the day Lucy Ann Lobdell left home in order to live... Read More

The stirrings of war from Britain’s former colony arrive like ripples across the Atlantic to the Bell Inn in the port town of Southampton, England. Tom and his cousins, Rachel and Judith, find their family’s quiet inn frequented by... Read More

Michael Jarvis’s "Field of Vision" is about a young photographer’s visit to the fictional Caribbean island of Soufriere. Upon his arrival, Jacob antagonizes a local named Rollo, whose ensuing wrath is predicated on his rage at... Read More

Paul Gauguin considered his painting Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? to be his most important work. The painting depicts three questions he first pondered in Catholic catechism; Gauguin rejected religion in adult... Read More