Books by Alums
William Shakespeare and Abraham Lincoln walk into a meeting...But what happens next is no joke. By following the wisdom and example of these two visionaries, any leader can embody the honor, persuasion and high-stakes art of leadership.
A psychopath's scented love letters. Neo-Nazi music journalism. The museum guestbook, right beside a lifelike diorama of musicians in their natural habitat. This collection of hybrid fiction is all that remains of the Stonehaven Symphony Orchestra.
Exploding the assumption that Black women's only important musical contributions have been in folk, jazz, and pop.
Our divided politics, unable to solve the challenges we face concerning society’s hierarchies of injustice, poverty, endless war, and climate change, are now backtracking to even more division.
Tired of cryptic sailing manuals? Common Sense Seamanship cuts through the jargon and delivers practical, easy-to-digest wisdom straight from the heart of the cruising routes.
A promising ski racer’s career is shattered by a near-fatal crash, forcing a young man to reinvent himself.
The Boys from the South Side is about two young men, raised miles apart on the South Side of Chicago, who answered the call to fight for America when World War II erupted.
Twelve-year-old Diddly Duggins would rather draw than learn about the B-O-R-I-N-G Great Memory Misplacement. No memories of dead loved ones, no grief: who cares?
A sweeping, intimate, and fiercely imaginative collection spanning thirty years of poetic inquiry.
A sweeping narrative history of abortion rights in America — from whispered remedies and underground networks to the legal battles, activists, and political forces that shaped modern reproductive freedom.