Ross Gay is known for his poetry, but "The Book of Delights" proves that he’s also an adept essayist. In composing the book, Gay operated under a simple principle: keep a diary of entries over the course of one year, with each entry... Read More

Nicole Walker’s dilemma is eye-opening: She cares about the environment, but she is hard-pressed to figure out how to reconcile that concern with modern-day living. With a sense of frustration, she writes that “to truly sustain the... Read More

"Quite Mad", Sarah Fawn Montgomery’s mental illness memoir, is nothing short of mesmerizing—an ode to her years of struggling with anxiety, OCD, and PTSD, all of which she eventually accepted as a core part of her being. The book... Read More

In Chris Arthur’s masterful, elegant essay collection "Hummingbirds between the Pages", expansive and granular meditations on time, language, nature, mortality, and Northern Ireland capture wonder in the everyday. Taking its title from... Read More

The American Medical Association, American Cancer Society, and other powerful, reputable medical organizations routinely dismiss therapies that don’t meet their scientific standards. If a treatment doesn’t exhibit a “biologically... Read More

This colorful and complex portrait of a 1950s Jewish family is warm and nostalgic, yet grounded by deep history. David Hirshberg’s My Mother’s Son centers on a vibrant postwar Boston neighborhood that is a veritable melting pot. Its... Read More

Natalie Hopkinson makes an impassioned case for artists to have a more central role in rethinking societal problems in "A Mouth Is Always Muzzled". The book brilliantly recounts the history of the sugar and slave trades, as well as the... Read More

Sketching out a cross-time search for a meaningful connection, "The Madeleine Project" is a sweet, respectful ode to an ordinary life. In a time when platforms like Twitter seem more dangerous than hopeful, Clara Beaudoux’s magnificent... Read More