The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America’s Wildlands by Jon...
I was sitting on the porch of our family cabin reading this book... and all of a sudden a speedy red helicopter ripped over my head. I had heard that there was a missing hiker one canyon over, but this...
View ArticleSellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore...
Loud galloping guitars... thumping bass... chest-hammering drums... soaring vocals. The pop punk surge blasted out of my college dorm window. Dookie. Enema of the State. 24 Hour Revenge Therapy. These...
View ArticleThe Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone by Edward Dolnick
I was very lucky to have friends living in London several years back. Steve and Megan had moved there for a couple years with plans to move back to the States when they had kids. It was my opportunity...
View ArticleVolunteers: Growing Up in the Forever War by Jerad W. Alexander
Jerad Alexander grew up smelling the burn of aircraft fuel... stateside and across the Pacific in Japan, he lived on Air Force bases. He soaked up the mythos of the all-powerful US military might. He...
View ArticleGo Back to Where You Came From by Wajahat Ali
Go Back to Where You Came From is a distinctly American story... populated with trolls and racism, but also with celebrations of family and the story of a young man discovering his voice. Ali is the...
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