When, in the late eighties, the author chooses to raise a child with her lesbian partner, she embraces a life outside the lines—one full of curious adventures as well as the usual catastrophes and everyday pleasures.

A diverse collection of essays and companion interviews that offer insight into the inspiration, drafting, and revision process.

The frank and funny story of a church-geek girl who spent twenty years in the ecclesiastical trenches as a Lutheran pastor, preaching weekly words of hope she wasn’t sure she even believed.

An eloquent personal reflection on the fascination of family history and the desire to both discover and escape origins.

Documents a volatile and productive moment in the development of film studies.

More stories of the outsized and the ordinary from the editor and publisher of Dan’s Papers.

A father and son travel across North America in a pick-up truck--talking, laughing, fighting, and bonding.

Offers a healing and insightful examination of the issues involved in Alzheimer’s for family and caregivers.

A fascinating personal account of life at this infamous prison during a bygone era.

A love story entwined with a philosophic quest.

An insider’s account of how the Washington Post broke the Watergate story, depicting the tensions, challenges, and personal conflicts that were overcome as it laid bare the criminal wrongdoings of the Nixon administration.

A unique chronicle of childhood polio told with a remarkable blend of provocative reflection, humor, and pluck.

A story of loss and survival.

A 1960s Bronx tomboy learns how to survive her brutal but humorous Italian family and all the rest that life throws her. The harder you hit the pavement, the higher you fly.

Probes deeply into Adirondack Mountain lives, both human and otherwise, bringing the area to vivid and colorful life.

A resource guide that uses African American memoir to address a variety of issues related to mentoring and curriculum development.

A memoir about loss, restoration, and finding home on a lake in western New York.

Food-based reflections on Italian food, American culture, and globalization.

The inspirational memoir of a woman who survived a brutal sexual assault and went on to become a university professor.

A behind-the-scenes look at one of New York's most colorful and influential governors.

A unique literary anthology with contributions from former members of Kirkland College, the last established women’s college in the United States.

A literary anthology exploring contemporary Catholic women’s experiences.

A tribute to the Italian American family and its trying bonds of love.

Childhood recollections of life in the Adirondack Mountains during the Great Depression.

Recalls a childhood on Long Island as the counterculture sixties were sliding into the seventies and the Hamptons were still a middle-class sanctuary.