This Is One Way to Dance by Sejal Shah
Sejal Shah's first collection of essays, This Is One Way to Dance, delves into the visibility and invisibility experienced by South Asian Americans. Through twenty-five interconnected essays spanning two decades, Shah shares reflections...
Self-Portrait by Celia Paul
The biographies of artists often make for compelling stories, but what about artist memoirs? Artists, like poets reading their own poems, may not be the best at explaining their work. It can be...
You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin...
The self-expansion theory provides an interesting lens through which to view close relationships and their impact on personal growth. It suggests that individuals have a fundamental drive to expand themselves, and forming deep...
Begin Again by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
In 1979, a decade after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, James Baldwin, a prominent figure in the civil rights movement, provided a unique perspective on the struggle for equality. Baldwin, dubbed "the poet...
Foucault in Warsaw by Remigiusz Ryziński, translated by Sean Gasper Bye
Since the fall of Poland’s state socialist regime in 1989, the archives of its police and security services have been under the responsibility of a government commission focused on prosecuting crimes against the...
Manimal Woe by Fanny Howe
Fanny Howe is known for her extensive work as a poet, essayist, and memoirist, emerging as a significant moral compass in modern American literature. Her deep-rooted concern for ethical issues is influenced by...
Poem That Never Ends by Silvina López Medin
Silvina López Medin is an acclaimed author known for her works and plays. She hails from Buenos Aires and currently works as an editor at Ugly Duckling Presse in New York. Her...
On Poetry by Glyn Maxwell
Glyn Maxwell delves into the essence of poetry beyond mere syllable count or definitions. In his work On Poetry, he engages in a lively and personal discussion on the art of crafting poetry,...
Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion
In a lecture at the University of California, Berkeley in 1976, Joan Didion reminisced about her college days, admitting her struggle to focus on academic topics like "Paradise Lost" and the "Hegelian dialectic."...
Heartland by Sarah Smarsh
Sarah Smarsh's book is a tribute to the white, rural poor of the Midwest, offering insight into lives lived in what is often overlooked as "flyover country." Beyond that, it delves into the...
