Greg Marshall’s moving memoir "Leg" is about finding strength in family support. While applying for health insurance during graduate school, Marshall learned that his recognizable limp was a symptom of spastic cerebral palsy. He’d... Read More
Ani Kayode Somtochukwu’s novel "And Then He Sang a Lullaby" interrogates love, secrecy, and a revolution in Nigeria. August’s mother died in childbirth; he blames himself. His father is distant and inconsolable, and his sisters push... Read More
Scott Chaskey’s elegant and spirited essay collection "Soil and Spirit" concerns the interconnectedness of elements and life forms. Studded with literary quotes, poetry, personal anecdotes, and scenes from a well-traveled life, these... Read More
In Tyriek White’s elegiac novel "We Are a Haunting", a son’s inherited grief binds him to his mother and grandmother as he discovers how to define “home” in New York. On the brink of expulsion from school in the 2000s, Colly is... Read More
The moving memoir "Watching for Dragonflies" is a wife and caregiver’s tale of contending with a spouse’s multiple sclerosis diagnosis. In Suzanne Marriott’s memoir "Watching for Dragonflies", lessons are mined from a decade of... Read More
Imaginative and captivating, Erika Nesvold’s "Off-Earth" poses vital, wide-ranging ethical questions about the future of human communities in outer space. While books on interplanetary travel typically focus on technology, this... Read More
Beth Moore’s moving memoir "All My Knotted-Up Life" concerns the troubles and triumphs of Christian ministry. This confessional, powerful, and testimonial story of Moore’s life begins in her childhood, treating her hardscrabble roots... Read More
In response to years of clear social upheaval in the United States, from renewed fights for social justice to new threats of authoritarianism, a new, diverse set of comedy voices are using humor in their activism. Caty Borum chronicles... Read More