In the cheeky fantasy guide "Mythical Monsters of Greenland", an explorer details the best ways to avoid, escape, and placate the wild spirits that inhabit Greenland’s vast wilds. Living off the land in Greenland has never been easy.... Read More

In Tatsuhiko Shibusawa’s allegorical novel Takaoka’s Travels, there are questions about whether a lifelong dream to reach the Buddha’s place of origin is worth it. Takaoka had a close relationship with his father’s consort,... Read More

It’s impossible to read Alec Wilkinson’s "Moonshine" without feeling the magnetic draw of its star figure, state revenue agent Garland Bunting. Wilkinson’s short profile, reprinted for a new generation of readers, follows Bunting... 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

"Alive with Spirits" introduces a satisfying way of life based on respect, care, reverence, and relationships with the land and the spirits that inhabit it. Althaea Sebastiani declares that animistic witchcraft opens the door to a... Read More

Alex DiFrancesco’s gripping memoir "Breaking the Curse" is about being unheard, misunderstood, abused, and traumatized by family members and society while growing up transgender. In childhood, DiFrancesco was forced to dress and... Read More

Written during COVID-19 lockdowns, "Off the Tracks" is an enchanting, lyrical reflection on memory, travel, and passenger trains. In her engaging travel book, Pamela Mulloy describes COVID-19 as a time when we “all had to learn what... Read More

In the short stories that make up Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio’s novel "Reuniting with Strangers", women from the Philippines try to make places for themselves halfway across the world. For many Filipinas in the collection, the only way... Read More