Edited by Zoë Bossiere and Erica Trabold. Wayne State Univ, $24.99 trade paper (224p) ISBN 978-0-8143-4960-1 In this exciting compendium, Bossiere and Trabold collect essays on identity by writers ...

In this incandescent debut, human rights attorney Aguon celebrates the power of thought and literature through probing reflections on finding hope in the face of an “unforgiving timeline.” Assuming ...

It’s almost impossible not to sentimentalize stories that deal with euthanasia, the “right to die” on one’s own terms as a way of ending suffering. The popular play and film Whose Life Is It Anyway?

David Lynch’s movies aren’t easily explicated. After trekking through Mulholland Dr. shot by shot over 12 hours with some 1,000 students, even Roger Ebert gave up on that one. For this reason his work ...

These two things—the river and the train—continue to haunt and fascinate me. Their sounds—and their silences—are deeply woven into the texture of my daily life. I keep hearing the river streaming ...