In poems both elegiac and snarky, Randall Mann questions what makes a better life for a middle-aged gay man living through the historic days of Covid and a federal assault on LGBTQ+ rights. The poems, though focused through the lens of... Read More

Kate Eckman’s self-help text "The Full Spirit Workout" suggests ways to shed one’s inner baggage. Whether they realize it or not, the book says, many people live lives based on competition and fear, but without getting the results... Read More

Journalist Sarah Berman brings her signature gimlet eye and impeccable reporting to the story of the NXIVM women in Don’t Call It a Cult, a chilling true crime account. Convicted in 2019 of federal crimes including sex trafficking,... Read More

In "Frank Lloyd Wright’s Forgotten House", Nicholas D. Hayes recounts his purchase of a home designed by the famed architect. Located in Shorewood, Wisconsin, the Elizabeth Murphy House is indeed a Wright original, even though Wright... Read More

Warming temperatures may benefit a few animals and plants, but human-driven climate shifts threaten most of the species that humans depend on for food. "Our Changing Menu" is a detailed, lively overview of how the world’s most popular... Read More

Two sisters seek personal freedom and the truth in Zhanna Slor’s novel "At the End of the World, Turn Left". Masha hasn’t been back to Milwaukee since she moved to Israel five years ago. Now, she returns because her younger sister,... Read More

Intelligent hamsters fight a destructive threat to themselves and their animal friends in the fun graphic novel The Underfoot: Into the Sun. The result of human experiments in genetic modification, the Hamster Aquatic Mercenaries... Read More

While some may dream of homesteading, most seek less dramatic, more sustainable, ways of living. "The Humane Home" suggests many ways to green things up, whether one lives in an urban apartment or on sizeable rural acreage. Sarah... Read More