In the mid-nineteenth century, the expanding United States worked to colonize the territory that’s now Arizona. To do so, it turned to the Middle East for expertise, inspiration, and camels. Natalie Koch’s "Arid Empire" shows how... Read More

Part personal reflection, part interactive call for action, Tina Strawn’s "Are We Free Yet?" follows the queer Black activist’s search for freedom and details practical methods for self-reflection and healing. The book’s four parts... Read More

A depressed bear finds friendship with a hare in the wordless, emotional illustrated book "Bear". A bear with a cone stuck on his head struggles to free himself in a number of ways, but nothing works. A hare tries to help without... Read More

Chaucer scholar Marion Turner’s experimental work of literary criticism charts a character’s lasting influence on international culture. A character in Geoffrey Chaucer’s fourteenth-century masterpiece The Canterbury Tales, the... Read More

In the aftermath of six nuclear explosions, the world is in a state of devastation. In Brandon Ying Kit Boey’s science fiction novel "Karma of the Sun", the threat of a seventh explosion looms—unless the reincarnated Lama child can... Read More