Heavy: An American Memoir

by Kiese Laymon

In this powerful and provocative memoir, genre-bending essayist and novelist Kiese Laymon explores what the weight of a lifetime of secrets, lies, and deception does to a black body, a black family, and a nation teetering on the brink of moral collapse. Click here to learn more.

Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Makes Us Whole

by Susan Cain

In her latest #1 New York Times bestseller, the author of the bestselling phenomenon Quiet 

reveals the power of a bittersweet, melancholic outlook on life, and why our culture has been so blind to its value. Click here to learn more.

Gender Queer: A Memoir

by Maia Kobabe

In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Click here to learn more.