This funny and grace-filled project shows that living simply is doable—especially if you’ve got a supportive team. In "The Year of Small Things", two families share their yearlong project of living in a way that is more in tune with... Read More

Directed to Saint Francis, these sweet musings create a place of refuge in a wearying world. Layered with quiet complexity, Abigail Carroll’s "A Gathering of Larks" beautifully renders a journey of questions, all addressed to Saint... Read More

In this pastor’s memoir, humor is shown to be a critical part of faith and of confronting health challenges. In the Rev. Jason Micheli’s memoir, cancer is both funny ha-ha and funny strange. Diagnosed with a “stage serious” rare... Read More

Theoretical discourse meets real life accounts of dignity in context—a juxtaposition the philosopher would have approved of. Rousseau and Dignity: Art Serving Humanity commemorates the 2012 University of Notre Dame lecture series... Read More

This volume is a must for modern day activists hoping to overturn the status quo. Culture Jamming: Activism and the Art of Cultural Resistance, edited by Marilyn DeLaure and Moritze Fink, is an in-depth look at creative means of social... Read More

Highlighting the stories of modern-day jacks-of-all-trades, this is a study with depth. Kenneth Mikkelsen and Richard Martin’s "The Neo-Generalist" is a breakthrough work, with research that is conducted on a global scale and... Read More

Lagemann’s illuminating work argues that college prison programs have wide-ranging benefits for all. In "Liberating Minds", Ellen Condliffe Lagemann persuasively argues for more college opportunities in prisons. She details how the... Read More

Broaddus’s stories are a roller-coaster of imaginativeness, both speculative and unique. A fertile imagination, combined with elements of the black experience, makes Maurice Broaddus’s story collection "The Voices of Martyrs" a... Read More