Krampus and Saint Nicholas star in "The Fright Before Christmas", a book of criticism that pulls back the mistletoe curtain to reveal myriad winter holiday creatures and traditions that serve serious social functions. Christmas, Yule,... Read More

Stephen Porder’s science book "Elemental" examines the impact of five elements on Earth and its changing climate. Chronicling billions of years of history through the framework of carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorous,... Read More

In his memoir "A Fine Line", Graham Zimmerman reflects on the dangers and demands that mountaineering exerts on those who feel its lure. By his mid-thirties, Zimmerman had already been named New Zealand Alpinist of the Year and awarded... Read More

After their experiences with infertility, Elizabeth Horn, Maria Novotny, and Robin Silbergleid put together "Infertilities, A Curation", a collection of essays, art, and poetry on the subject. Prior to the COVID-19 shutdowns, the ART of... Read More

Curtis Smith’s lyrical novel "The Lost and the Blind" captures the plights of an addict’s son and a father serving a life sentence in prison. Mark is a disadvantaged teenager who seeks to rise above his hardscrabble upbringing in the... Read More

Black holes, new religions, and powerful stories ensnare orbiting beings with their intrigue and potentiality in Lavie Tidhar’s science fiction marvel "The Circumference of the World". In the loneliness of his youth, Eugene Hartley... Read More

In "A Nimble Arc", art historian and educator Emilie Boone shifts focus from photographer James Van Der Zee’s renowned Harlem Renaissance work to his role in documenting and advancing “quotidian” Black American life. Van Der Zee... Read More

Secrets choke two London-dwelling refugees from the former Yugoslavia in Christine Evans’s startling, sensitive novel "Nadia". In Nadia’s childhood, being Muslim in Sarajevo was unremarkable. By her young adulthood, it made her a... Read More