"Women Who Knew Jesus" is a biblical critical text with a self-help element that focuses on the faith and courage of the women around Jesus. Episcopal priest Bonnie Ring’s provocative religious text "Women Who Knew Jesus" concerns... Read More

Written in her middle age, the essays in Jennifer Brice’s memoir "Another North" cover her perspectives on place, selfhood, and life in general. Alaska, with its massive scale and minus-fifty-degree winter temperatures, molded and... Read More

Variously hilarious and despairing, Komail Aijazuddin’s memoir covers his struggles for self-acceptance. As a child, Aijazuddin knew that he was different from other children and that he would suffer because of it. “Gay boys who are... Read More

Grief, lies, and death haunt Alice Dailey’s intense, intimate memoir "Mother of Stories". Dailey, a scholar and educator focused on the portrayal of death in historical literature, takes an unusual approach to writing about the effects... Read More

Albert M. Camarillo’s warm memoir "Compton in My Soul" traces the source of his ethics and values to a Mexican immigrant barrio in Compton, California, where he learned to envision a better, brighter future. Despite all of the forces... Read More

Lynne Spriggs O’Connor’s memoir "Elk Love" pays homage to the challenging, beautiful land that brought her deep, enduring love. A scholar and museum curator fascinated by Native American art, city-bred O’Connor had visions of... Read More

Cheryl W. Giscombé’s inspiring guide explores why Black women are extrasusceptible to the killing effects of stress, suggesting strategies for empowerment, self-care, and radiant health. Arguing that women must nourish their... Read More

Sara Avant Stover’s compassionate guide for a heartbreak-illiterate world moves beyond grief and pain to nurture richer appreciation for life and the awakening of deeper, more mature personhood. Stover knows that heartbreak can be... Read More