On August 5, 2015, EPA staffers were investigating a portal of Gold King Mine in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado when an excavator set off a gush of water. Within minutes, three million gallons of bright orange,... Read More

Johnson has created an important work of sports—and American—history. In the 1930s, UCLA added five prominent black athletes to its football team, and they helped to turn the Bruins into a powerhouse. In "The Black Bruins", James W.... Read More

"Armed in America" is a valuable and singular primer on the Second Amendment and its role in American law. Mass shootings return attention to the United States’ gun culture and the Second Amendment. "Armed in America" is a timely... Read More

"The Continuum" packs a staggering amount of well drawn world-building into a short space, making for enough time travel adventure to launch a series. A seasoned time travel agent finds herself embroiled in an intense rescue assignment... Read More

Writing is both no nonsense and successfully secretive when it comes to twists and turns. Jacob M. Appel’s seventh short-story collection, "The Amazing Mr. Morality", is filled with wit and intriguing characters. It explores the perils... Read More

Macy’s blunt story is a harrowing, heartbreaking tour de force. NoNieqa Ramos’s The Disturbed Girl’s Dictionary turns the spotlight on Macy Cashmere, a high school girl who lives in the margins of society. Noncompliant and proudly... Read More

"The Upside of Falling Down" is a romantic new-adult celebration of all of the wild and amazing possibilities that open up when perfect plans go awry. Clementine leaves Ohio as an ordinary girl in love; she wakes up in an Irish hospital... Read More

Taylor makes alternative approaches to personal well-being seem easy, interesting, and fun. A traumatic childhood with a father who went into rages and denigrated her; teen years self-medicating with drugs, alcohol, pills, and risky... Read More