Kristopher Jansma

In honor of Arab American Heritage Month in April, we are sharing books by Arab and Arab American authors that share their culture, history, and personal lives.

For National Poetry Month in April, we are sharing poetry collections and books about poetry by authors who have their own stories to tell. These poets delve into history, reimagine the present, examine poetry itself—from traditional poems many know and love to poems and voices that are new and original. Find a full collection of

By Rebecca Brenner Graham Back in 2014, when I first began studying the immigration policy of the first woman cabinet secretary, Frances Perkins, I assumed that she was able to save people left and right because she was a progressive with an unwavering belief in human rights at the helm of the Immigration Naturalization Service

By Kristopher Jansma We’ve all been there. We’ve worked for months, or even years, on a book… poured our hearts and souls into those chapters and characters, only to wind up having to walk away in the end. Maybe you queried agents and got no takers. Maybe the publishers didn’t bite. Or maybe you simply