Love, loss, and sacrifice are at the center of Michael X. Wang’s historical novel "Lost in the Long March". The moment orphaned Ping sees Yong, he knows she is the one. Ping is a gunsmith who joined the Chinese Red Army to make a... Read More

In "Chingona", Alma Zaragoza-Petty’s life story intertwines with compelling advice that strikes at the heart of Latina women’s needs to claim the strongest parts of their identities. In her childhood, Zaragoza-Petty was often called... Read More

Derek Sayer’s "Postcards from Absurdistan" is an encompassing review of cultural and sociopolitical Prague from tumultuous 1938 onward, detailed with compassion for the Czech people. It is meticulous in recounting the regimes they have... Read More

Cecelia Tichi’s "Midcentury Cocktails" blends history, literature, and cultural critiques to address trends in alcohol and entertainment in the 1950s and 1960s. Despite what jokes about Baby Boomers suggest, the 1950s and 1960s were... Read More

Louise Omer’s "Holy Woman" is an earnest memoir based around informal pilgrimages to meet women faith leaders in search of a spirituality free of men’s domination. Drawn by a charismatic pastor and rock concert-like revivals, Omer... Read More

The residents of an abandoned apartment complex eke out an outskirts living in Cho Nam-Joo’s dystopian novel "Saha". Thirty years ago, Saha Estates was a bustling apartment community. Then a corporation bought out the nearby town and... Read More

In Edward J. Delaney’s historical novel "The Acrobat", Cary Grant is at the height of his career. He navigates reconciling his past with his present and turns an eye toward embracing his future. Archie Leach dreamed of treading the... Read More

A psychology enthusiast dives into writings by and about his favorite psychologist in Graeme Macrae Burnet’s literary novel "Case Study". Upon discovering that her sister had been seeing rogue psychologist Collins Braithwaite before... Read More