An enchanting photograph of an Indigenous girl centers Martha A. Sandweiss’s history book "The Girl in the Middle", a tale of westward expansion. In 1868, Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner arranged the peace commissioners of... Read More

A sweet, anxious agender teenager comes into their own while facing new challenges in the involving novel "Ugliest". Kelly Vincent’s novel "Ugliest" is the earnest continuation of an agender Oklahoma teenager’s coming-of-age story.... Read More

"Lady Garland Tames Her Dragons and Brings Peace to the Kingdom" is a memoir about the substantial challenges that got in the way of a woman’s dreams. Professor Jane Garland’s unconventional memoir peels back layers of privilege to... Read More

A man rides the rails in the pilgrimage novel "The Last Professional", which proposes a free-spirited interpretation of the American dream. In Ed Davis’s historical novel "The Last Professional", gangs square off in an old school... Read More