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DAY OF THE LIVING LIV“How does the world end?” Liv asks, melodramatically. “It ends with a box.” A moving box, that is. Liv, along with her mother, stepdad, and...
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SALVATION TAVERNSThe world of Aerda has enjoyed peace and harmony for centuries, maintained by nameless storytellers called rookes. Then an imperial takeover...
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THE LAST STANDThe young Black protagonist who narrates the story farms with his grandfather, Earl, whom he calls Papa. Once one of many Black farmers who sold...
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MABEL AND THE MOUNTAINMabel, a tiny speck who looks like a pea with wings, has an ambitious list of “BIG PLANS.” On this list are three important aspirations: “1....
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URGENT CALLS FROM DISTANT PLACESMunk, an American emergency medicine physician, recaps his stints from 2008 to 2012 with AMREF Flying Doctors, an NGO that conducts medevac...
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JUST SAY YESIt’s 2007, and 17-year-old Brooklynite Jimena Ramos throws a rooftop party the night before she begins senior year. When the cops shut it down,...
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READ WRITE OWNThe early internet was a libertarian’s paradise, its backbone built on government technology that was effectively released into the public...
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THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOPEClean, accessible rhymes coupled with whimsical, playful illustrations of children from many races demonstrate the power and necessity of hope...
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JOSÉ FEEDS THE WORLDEver since José was a boy, he enjoyed cooking. Inspired by his parents, who showed him that he could help improve people’s lives in different...
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VOLKTerri Watson is a hardworking and slightly harried agent for the FBI in Philadelphia, specializing in organized crime. Along with her partner,...
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DR. KING GOES TO INDIA!In 1959, the Kings traveled from Montgomery, Alabama, to India. Martin had long been inspired by the teachings of Gandhi and the nonviolent...
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OTHER STAGESIn 2008, Katrina Devries and Javier Torres, both performers with San Francisco’s West Coast Ballet Theatre, have sex as friends, not lovers,...
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THE KELSEY OUTRAGECharles Kelsey, a “small, eccentric” poet “with long hair and mismatched clothing,” is an outcast in the community of Huntoria, New York, in...
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SACRED MONEYMost people probably wouldn’t use the adjective “sacred” when talking about money; for the author, that’s a problem. “Our society separates the...
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CREATING HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIPSWhether an interaction involves someone’s boss, family member, or friend, communication specialist LeCompte insists that the core issue is...
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THE SINGULARITYThis astringent, fuguelike novel by Kurdish-born Swedish author Karam opens with an unnamed woman who’s long been on a desperate search for her...
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THROUGH FENCESThis multiethnic collection featuring people from Guatemala, Mexico, the United States, and another unnamed country is enhanced by the effective...
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BLACK WOMEN TAUGHT USJackson, a political science professor and columnist for Teen Vogue , presents these 11 essays as “love letters” to influential Black women...
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AMIL AND THE AFTERAfter leaving their beloved home in Mirpur Khas, which is now part of the newly created Pakistan, 12-year-old twins Amil and Nisha are living in...
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MADNESSNBC News reporter Hylton documents the history of Crownsville Hospital in Maryland, founded in 1911 as the Hospital for the Negro Insane....
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HER ADVENTURES IN TEMPTATIONIt’s not Miss Myrtle Allen’s fault that she’s not married yet. She’s had at least 27 proposals, but none of those men understand Babbage’s Table...
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WHO OWNS THIS SENTENCE?“Most copyrights of commercial value now belong not to artists, but to corporations,” write Princeton literature professor Bellos, author of Is...
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BUSTING THE BANKERS' CLUB“Finance,” writes Epstein, “is an essential and highly productive part of our economic system; but the financial system can also be a source of...
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THE FAIR FOLKFelicity Turner (“Fliss” to her hard-working, closed-mouth parents) finds an escape from the drudgery of 1950s British farm life in the antics...
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EGYPTIAN MADEAward-winning journalist Chang, author of Factory Girls , brings an informed historical and cultural perspective to this close look at women’s...
