Looking back to human ancestors as exemplars of healthy living, "On the Origin of Being" seeks the causes of a number of contemporary ailments and points to a more connected path forward. Luke Comer and Jenny Powers’s "On the Origin of... Read More

Journalist Yazan Al-Saadi’s comics collaboration "Lebanon Is Burning and Other Dispatches" delivers moment-in-time reports from the Middle East. Beginning with the Lebanese uprisings in October of 2019, the book unfolds events day by... Read More

In "Healing Psychedelics", therapist Micah Stover presents a self-help guide to the benefits and encouraging results of psychedelic-assisted therapy, even with treatment-resistant anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Covering the history of... Read More

A woman navigates life and death in a post-apocalyptic world in Manuela Draeger’s literary novel "Kree". Long after wars and famine decimate the world, new creatures, religions, and autocracies arise to carve out places of power among... Read More

Imbued with humor, "Grimwell" is a refreshing take on the hero’s journey. In Michael Belanger’s satirical fantasy novel "Grimwell", simple changes turn a mundane life into one of adventure. Derek, an aimless barista, struggles to... Read More

A template for delving into one’s past to make fresh meaning from its stories, "In Search of You" is a gracious example of pursuing happiness and self-worth. Part memoir, part self-help guide, Kasey Compton’s book "In Search of You"... Read More

"Water Bodies", edited by reporter Laura Paskus, is a mixed-genre anthology that serves as a paean to bodies of water. “In this climate-changed world,” the introduction intones, “we live in an ever-tightening present.” It’s a... Read More

A Canadian woman learns about her family’s past in the excellent graphic memoir "All Our Ordinary Stories". Wong’s mother had a stroke in 2014, prompting a deeper investigation into the family history. Through conversations,... Read More