Werner and Lee present a thoughtful and expansive consideration of love throughout the ages as depicted in various works of literature. Love and Happiness: Eros According to Dante, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and the Reverend Al Green is... Read More

Through their shared legacy, Charley and Edie Harper’s collaboration continues in this commentary on their life and work. Harper Ever After: The Early Work of Charley and Edie Harper is a companion volume to the 2013 joint exhibit of... Read More

This history of presidential fame and how it has shaped American progress is relevant to the digital age and is a fascinating examination of the power of popularity. Highlighting an increasing trend toward American leaders with a media... Read More

This saga mixes humor with confused identity and unrealized dreams, to convey a message about the damage people of color have endured because of racial prejudice. Frank Chin’s The Confessions of a Number One Son: The Great Chinese... Read More

Falkin animates this dystopian YA novel with timeless depictions of what often feels like uncharted terrain bridging childhood and adulthood. "Contract City", Mark Falkin’s YA novel, set in Tulsa, Oklahoma, renamed “The City of the... Read More

This dramatic gay-teen story of forbidden love intertwines themes of gangs, divorce, teen pregnancy, and transcendent love. In David-Matthew Barnes’s "Fifty Yards and Holding", two young men from different worlds find love and security... Read More

McGuire opts for a voice that fits the scenery, internal and external, as the characters and the oceanic setting are so intertwined. Emotional snapshots of life in coastal Alaska’s fishing communities form the focus of Rosemary... Read More

Jarman’s prose circles ideas, revisiting them, adding flesh and depth to what seemed to be a fleeting character or encounter. Divorced and abandoned by the love he thought would replace his marriage, the narrator of this collection of... Read More