We asked writers, editors, and booksellers to tell us about a few books they felt deserved more recognition last year.
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Posted inBooks, Editor's Pick, Nonfiction, Science & Nature
The Quest for the Collision Zone: An Arctic Expedition
Geologists on a mission to vindicate their theory of a lost mountain range discover something even more significant buried beneath the ice.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story
The Quest for the Collision Zone: An Arctic Expedition
Geologists on a mission to vindicate their theory of a lost mountain range discover something even more significant buried beneath the ice.
Posted inBooks, Fiction, Story
Masters of Contradiction
Two new books offer fresh perspective on “Otherhood,” that condition in which characters do constant, exhausting battle — for the most part — inside their own heads.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes
Keeping Black Farm Families Connected to the Land in Michigan
Blueberry growing is popular around tiny Covert, Michigan, but how do these farmers of color keep their kids farming the land?
Posted inBooks, Profiles & Interviews, Story
Earning Our Place on the Planet: An Interview with adrienne maree brown
Her planet/self-help guide for activists, “Emergent Strategy,” is going mainstream — maybe even in time to save the world.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
The Cowboy Image and the Growth of Western Music
How did cowboy hats and boots become the visual iconography of American rural music?
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
The Red Caddy
The first biography of Edward Abbey in a generation is closer to a memoir about friendship between two crusty desert rats.
Posted inNonfiction
Finding the Soundtrack to My Desert Life
In the ’90s, discovering the music of Friends of Dean Martinez helped Aaron Gilbreath stop running and appreciate life in his native Arizona.
