If one tries hard enough, it’s possible to find a metaphor for the human condition in nearly any activity; and while others may don T-shirts proclaiming that “Baseball (or Camping or Golf) Is Life,” for the author, it is the craft... Read More

The roof leaks and mice run across the floor in the Makibaka Hotel, but it’s home for Lakas’s new friends. Will they continue to have a home? Lakas, a Filipino-American boy, meets three men whose small income barely covers their... Read More

The questions about gender with which Christendom—and society at large—must reckon are vital. What does it mean to be a man? What does it mean to be a woman? Which social roles should be embraced because they are dictated by biology... Read More

The Depression era of the United States was one of the worst times this country has ever suffered. Yet even in the worst of times there is something valuable to be found—money was scarce, but innocence, kindness, and grace were in... Read More

In this volume, the author races between arriving and departing; her poems run with compulsion, to see the next place, hear a last voice, find a lost daughter or aunt, notice a new change. Though the poems take their leave of home and... Read More

“Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history,” wrote Plato. This collection goes to the heart of vital human truth, exposes the raw ventricles there, and sends that heart pounding the reader into restorative action. This volume... Read More

It is estimated that, in 1958, 25 million hula-hoops were sold in the United States. This overpriced plastic hoop is a classic example of a fad—an event, idea, or object that goes through a fast and wild ride to popularity and an... Read More

“Bridget Jones had nothing on me,” writes the author. Twice daily trips to not one, but three separate scales; journals packed with the dietary make-up of every morsel consumed and every bit of energy expended in exercise; a basement... Read More