Living Proof: How Love Defied Genetic Legacy

BY TIFFANY GRAHAM CHARKOSKY ’03

Eighteen years after the loss of her mother, Tiffany Graham Charkosky learns that the cancer that killed her mother was genetic, and grapples with what that means for her growing family. “Living Proof” finds Charkosky older now than her mother lived to be, and looking back on the love they shared that has carried Charkosky into adulthood — one with preventative screenings, surgeries, self-care and gratitude. (Little A)

The Extremities

BY SAMANTHA KIMMEY ’10 

When Kim, a young reporter, suddenly develops chronic nerve pain in her hands that leaves her unable to type — and thus threatens her job — she assumes the issue will clear up quickly enough. But in the absurdist world of “The Extremities,” the solution isn’t so easy. Doctors are stumped and unable to diagnose her, and as the pain intensifies, it moves beyond threatening her job to impacting her relationship, and her sanity, until she decides to “obey” the pain. (University of Iowa Press)

Splinter Effect 

BY ANDREW LUDINGTON ’93 

High-stakes action, time travel and artifacts that are on the brink of being lost to history. What’s an archaeologist to do but take a cue from Indiana Jones and try to get the artifacts into a museum before they’re gone forever? “Splinter Effect” finds Smithsonian archaeologist Rabbit Ward on a science fiction/thriller adventure, evading gangs in 6th-century Constantinople as he’s on the hunt for a historic menorah that he’s lost once before. All in a day’s work. (Minotaur Books)

Come Home to My Heart

BY RILEY REDGATE ’16 

Life isn’t easy for Xia, a queer teen in small-town South Carolina. She just wants to keep her head down until the nightmare of high school is over. Same for Gloria, whose parents kicked her out of the house. Both need to fly under the radar for their survival, but when they develop feelings for each other and those feelings intensify, it brings everything they’ve both worked so hard to hide to light. “Come Home to My Heart” is a YA romance and a love letter to anyone struggling in a community that’s not as supportive as it should be. (Union Square & Co.)

Servant of Beauty: Landmarks, Secret Love, and the Unimagined Life of an Unsung New York Hero

BY ANTHONY C.  WOOD ’76 

“Servant of Beauty” illustrates the little-known legacy of Albert Sprague Bard, an arch-nemesis of Robert Moses. Where Moses ordered the construction of expressways through historic neighborhoods, Bard spent his life fighting for historic preservation. For more than four decades, Bard worked to preserve important New York City land-marks, leading to the New York City Landmarks Law of 1965, which has inspired historic preservation work throughout the U.S. “Servant of Beauty” follows Bard through his life’s work and details his relationship with a troubled younger man, giving readers a look at a fascinating figure in queer history. (Rowman & Littlefield)

Additional Releases 

Sarah Bamford Seidelmann ’89,  "Boundaries Make Love Possible: Self-Respecting Boundaries, Illustrated"

Cristin Bishara ’94, "Choose Your Own Adventure Cryptid Chronicles: Mothman”

Nancy S. Love ’77, “Anthems: Community, Land, and Song”

Robert O’Connor ’79, “Jeep Show: A Trouper at the Battle of the Bulge” 

Jim Pierce ’78, “The Beginning”

Tomas Piskacek ’10, “Jhana Training Manual: Step-by-Step Journey from Mindfulness to Cessation”

Doug Ramspeck ’76, “Smoke Memories: Poems”

R. Joseph Rodríguez ’97, "Youth Scribes: Teaching a Love of Writing”

Joel E. Turner ’76 P’08,’10, “Wildwood Exit” 

Sr. Jeana Visel, OSB ’01, “Receiving the Gaze: Praying with Icons”

Ashley Yang-Thompson ’15, “Still Worm”