The beauty of a nigh-untouched island is used to reflect ambitious higher thinking in "The Canticle of Ibiza", a novel of grandeur and appeal. A trip into a Bohemian wonderland serves as a magical backdrop to Justin Kurian’s compelling... Read More

“Extraordinary people doing a most ordinary thing” is how rock journalist Michael Azerrad sums up the images in Guzman’s "Family Values". Drawn from a fall 1992 photo session for Spin magazine, this collection captures grunge rock... Read More

Erin Zimmerman’s resonant memoir "Unrooted" is candid in chronicling her scientific career centered around the splendors of botany. Zimmerman grew up in rural Canada and opted to study physics in college. But the purchase of an orchid... Read More

Maryann Lesert’s novel "Land Marks" captures the intensity and passion of climate activism in Michigan. Rebecca hasn’t written under her activist’s pseudonym (Elizabeth Stone) in years. After a deadly protest at a nature preserve,... Read More

A young woman grapples with mental illness in the fun, edifying graphic memoir "A Fox in My Brain". When she was sixteen, Lubie was diagnosed with depression by her family doctor. She gave up on treatment when her symptoms improved, not... Read More

"Hedgelands" is Christopher Hart’s entertaining examination of the history, ecology, and value of an essential British landscape feature: the hedgerows that border fields throughout the countryside. In his illuminating book, Hart... Read More

Anything can spark and hold a memory according to Dorothy Chan’s poetry collection "Return of the Chinese Femme". Across five sections, the poems’ speaker luxuriates in memories of childhood, family, and past and current lovers.... Read More

Pulling from personal experiences, pop culture, and social analyses, J. R. Yussuf’s "Dear Bi Men" is a tender and insightful guide to claiming one’s identity. Yussuf—who is Black and bisexual—found that his upbringing colored his... Read More