Reckoning with Restorative Justice: Hawai‘i Women’s Prison Writing
Leanne Trapedo Sims, Daniel J. Logan Professor of Peace and Justice
Duke University Press
Leanne Trapedo Sims explores the experiences of women who are incarcerated at the Women’s Community Correctional Center, the only women’s prison in the state of Hawai‘i. Blending ethnography, literary studies, psychological analysis, and criminal justice critique, she centers the often-overlooked stories of incarcerated Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women in Hawai‘i in ways that resound with the broader American narrative: the disproportionate incarceration of people of color in the prison-industrial complex.
Year of Plenty: A Family’s Season of Grief
B.J. Hollars ’07
University of Wisconsin Press
How can we make the most of our time when time feels so short? This is the question that Hollars explores as he traces his family’s daily challenges during the pandemic alongside his father-in-law’s battle with cancer. Hollars recounts the small mercies along the way—birthdays, campfires, fishing trips—as he, his wife, and three children grapple with how to say goodbye to the person they love.
Roadmap
Monica Prince ’12
Sante Fe Writers Project
In this radical 21st-century choreopoem, Dorian, a young American Black man, is tasked by an ancestral spirit to thwart his inevitable murder. He traces his family tree, from his grandmother to his offspring, uncovering secrets of sex work, self-harm, and assault alongside snapshots of #BlackBoyJoy. Dorian must interrogate his legacy, forgive his past, and reckon with being Black in modern America.
Peruvian Foreign Policy in the Modern Era
Bruce St John ’65
Anthem Press
Peruvian Foreign Policy in the Modern Era is a chronological treatment of Peruvian foreign policy from 1990 to the present. It focuses on the impact of domestic politics, economic interests, security concerns, and alliance diplomacy on contemporary Peruvian foreign policy.
Weaver’s Knot
Glenda Bailey-Mershon ’74
Finishing Line Press
The poetry in Weaver’s Knot immerses readers in the lives of textile mill workers, weavers, and needleworkers of Appalachia and intrigues with the colorful tapestry of ethnic groups who mingle there. We are introduced to a traditional folk singer with a voice “granite rich and husky,” and a Romani poet who beguiles a bored coffeehouse audience with Manouche jazz.
Religion and Science Fiction: An Introduction
James H. Thrall, Knight Distinguished Professor for the Study of Religion & Culture
Routledge
Religion and Science Fiction guides students into a deeper understanding of how religion and science fiction engage often overlapping questions.This textbook introduces key ideas of religious studies through critical consideration of print and visual media that fall within the general category of science fiction. With discussion questions, lists of key terms, extensive additional resources, and suggestions for projects and essay questions, this book is a foundational text for students and instructors of religion and science fiction.
Love Letters to a Serial Killer
Tasha Coryell ’10
Berkley Books
In Coryell’s debut thriller, an aimless young woman starts writing to an accused serial killer while he awaits trial and then, once he’s acquitted, decides to move in with him and take the investigation into her own hands. “Compulsive, twisted and darkly funny—you’ll gobble this one up,” praises New York Times bestselling author Sally Hepworth.
A/An
Mandy Gutmann-Gonzalez ’10
End of the Line Press
Using 17th-century court records of the Salem Witch Trials as a sounding board, A/An mines the archives to uncover the power and violence residing within the language of the legal system. Rather than regarding the witch hunts as a historical curiosity or speculating to fill the gaps, A/An considers the court examination as poetic form, a hybrid of legal language and lyric utterance.
Legitimating Nationalism: Political Ideology in Russia’s Ethnic Republics
Katie L. Stewart, Associate Professor of Political Science
University of Wisconsin Press
Russia is a large, diverse, and complicated country whose far-flung regions maintain their own histories and cultures, even as President Vladimir Putin increases his political control. Stewart investigates how nation building works on the ground through close studies of three of Russia’s ethnic republics, Karelia, Tatarstan, and Buryatia, to help readers understand the deployment of nation building in Russia.