CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
After Life
After Life (Haymarket Books) is a rich collection of historical accounts of the ways in which Americans experienced, lived through…
Pseudoscience: A Very Short Introduction
In his new book, Gordin explores the complex issue of defining what makes a topic fall under the umbrella of…
The Archivists
The Archivists (Northwestern University Press) by Daphne Kalotay is a collection capturing characters that serve as real everyday people who…
On Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
In On Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Columbia University Press), Wolfson offers insights into this work…
Ethics in the Real World
Ethics in the Real World (Princeton University Press) is a complicated collection of essays that address a wide variety of…
Momo Arashima Steals the Sword of the Wind
Momo Arashima Steals the Sword of the Wind (Labyrinth Road) is a children’s story following 11-year-old Momo and her wish…
Magda, Standing
Set in Pittsburgh in 1916-1919, Magda, Standing (Bold Story Press, June 2023) follows the story of 16-year-old Magda and the…
Royal Caleva: Gabriel
Nancy Herkness writes a captivating drama that follows Gabriel, Duke of Bencalor, and the story of his purposeful kidnapping. Gabriel…
The Post Soul Cinema of Kasi Lemmons
Film director, screenwriter, and actress Kasi Lemmons is known as the first Black woman filmmaker to produce a full body…
Isabel and the Invisible World
Isabel and the Invisible World (MIT Kids Press) is a children’s book that aims to educate on light waves in…
Minor Prophets
Minor Prophets (Ig Publishing) provides a captivating story of a young woman who is the victim of cult practices during…
Dream Wizard Pirate Gold
Randall’s new book Dream Wizard Pirate Gold (Self-published) tells the story of middle schooler Sandy, who is working at his…
Diary of a Black Jewish Messiah
Jewish political activist and adventurer David Reubeni (1490-1532), was hailed as a messiah by many wealthy Jews and Iberia’s oppressed…
The Bridge of Grace
Grace Lankford, a freshman at Northwestern, never met her grandfather while she was growing up. She only knew of her…
Object Lessons in American Art
Object Lessons in American Art (Princeton University Press) offers an array of American artworks centered around topics of race, gender…
House of Swann: Where Slaves Became Queens — And Changed the World
In this new book, Joseph tells the story of William Dorsey Swann — a formerly enslaved Black man who was…
Gas Mask Nation
Feelings of loss, horror, and anxiety are among the emotions most often associated with war, but in her latest book…
Our Man in Mbabane
Inspired by a true story, Our Man in Mbabane (self-published) follows Frank George, an American who travels to Swaziland to…
