This is a memoir about transitions, told in a way that makes the seemingly simple feel truly meaningful. Jose Antonio Rodriguez’s "House Built on Ashes" is labeled a memoir, but could just as easily be considered a collection of... Read More

Advanced poetics are at play in this work that is both a tribute to the land and a moving exploration of family ties. The Texas plateau known as the Staked Plain occupies thousands of square miles, and may have a memory just as vast, as... Read More

Anyone who enjoys magical realism would be committing a crime by skipping this remarkable piece of work. Dreamlike and fantastical, yet strangely earnest, Alfredo Vea’s "The Mexican Flyboy" is a magical realist tour de force. Simon... Read More

A billionaire capitalist shadowed by his Red Guard activism during China’s Cultural Revolution, Luo Ying is committed to facing down his own, and his country’s, Maoist demons through the excruciating vise of poetry. This collection,... Read More

This history of the Church of Latter-day Saints in Germany during Hitler’s murderous reign should be taken as yet another warning of how basic goodness—in this case religious faith—can be cruelly bent when it accommodates itself to... Read More

A bobcat needs a wristwatch like a cactus needs a calendar. Yes, we have time, that peculiar human tendency to grid our existence into segments of seconds, minutes, hours, et cetera. But at what cost? What’s the tradeoff? We can be... Read More

This significant work of social history assesses the experiences of tourists who journeyed through the American West in the 19th century. Travel to the American West became much more accessible during 1869-1893 as the Central Pacific and... Read More

Collectively, these essays work to reignite love for the nation’s wilds while also reminding readers of their awesome and terrible power. "Outdoors in the Southwest", a collection of essays and interviews from historian and professor... Read More