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Nonfiction<\/h2>\n

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Up on Cove Mountain<\/em>
\nAdventure, Tragedy, and a Quest for Meaning on the Appalachian Trail<\/em><\/h3>\n

By Earl Swift, M.F.A. \u201911<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins\u00a0Publishers
\nAugust 18, 2026;\u00a0available for pre-order<\/p>\n

From the\u00a0<\/b>New York Times<\/span><\/i><\/b> bestselling author of <\/span><\/b>Chesapeake Requiem<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0comes an intricately plotted tale of two end-to-end adventures through the Appalachian Trail\u2019s\u00a02,200\u00a0miles, braided around a third strand, that of the trail\u2019s most notorious tragedy that has haunted Earl Swift for\u00a030\u00a0years.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1990, a youthful Earl Swift backpacked the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia, a transformative experience that colored every aspect of his later life. He emerged from his hike across the rugged, sky-high roof of 14 eastern states a sharper and more organized thinker, a better problem solver, and a committed outdoorsman.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But he also left the AT with baggage: Early in his odyssey, he spent time with a couple of other\u00a0southbounders, who were friendly, capable, and doing everything right, but who were nonetheless murdered weeks later at a mountaintop campsite in Pennsylvania\u2014a fit of violence that the killer never explained.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Half a lifetime later, Swift returned to the trail to find out whether he was still, in his sixties,\u00a0equal to the AT\u2019s roller-coaster terrain. Driving him, too, was a quest for answers that had\u00a0nagged at\u00a0him since that first hike: What had happened at that campsite to turn two smart, bighearted people into prey? Why had fate chosen\u00a0them, when\u00a0other hikers\u2014Swift included\u2014seemed more likely candidates? And how could such a grisly episode have unfolded in the backcountry\u2019s sylvan loveliness, not to mention one of the safest places around?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Floral<\/p>\n

This Is the Door<\/em>
\nThe Body, Pain, and Faith<\/em><\/h3>\n

By Darcey Steinke \u201985<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
\nFebruary 24, 2026<\/p>\n

Darcey Steinke, acclaimed author of\u00a0Flash Count Diary<\/i> and Suicide Blonde<\/i>, explores the world of pain for those who suffer and those who love them.<\/b><\/p>\n

Steinke gets to the heart of pain with her usual brilliance, humor, candor, and empathy. In chapters that trace the body\u2014\u201cThe Spine,\u201d \u201cThe Heart,\u201d \u201cThe Knees,\u201d and more\u2014she introduces sufferers to new and ancient understandings of pain through history, philosophy, religion, pop culture, and reported human experience. Leaving no stone unturned, Steinke takes readers under the knife, through the archives, and across oceans. She interviews working physicians, analyzes the writings of Frida Kahlo, recounts her own back surgery, and journeys to Lourdes, where she finds herself invited to participate in the famed pilgrimage site\u2019s rituals.<\/p>\n

For readers of Joan Didion, C. S. Lewis, Sheila Heti, and Leslie Jamison,\u00a0This Is the Door<\/i> beautifully illuminates the experience of pain and its myriad effects on the body, mind, and soul. Whether you are hurting or know someone who is, whether your pain is somatic or spiritual, This Is the Door<\/i> is a revelation.<\/p>\n

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Miracle Children<\/em>
\nRace, Education, and a True Story of False Promises<\/em><\/h3>\n

By Katie Benner and Erica L. Green\u00a0\u201907<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Metropolitan Books, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers
\nJanuary 13,\u00a02026<\/p>\n

A riveting investigation into a school, a\u00a0scam, and a notorious college admissions scandal that exposes the inequalities and racial segregation of American education, from two award-winning\u00a0<\/span><\/b>New York Times\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b>journalists.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

T.M. Landry College Prep, a small private school in Breaux Bridge, LA, boasted a 100% college acceptance rate, placing students at nearly every Ivy League university in the country. The spectacle of Landry students opening their acceptance letters to Harvard and Yale was broadcast on television and even celebrated by Michelle Obama. It became a national ritual to watch the miraculous success of these youngsters\u2014miraculous because Breaux Bridge is one of the poorest counties in the country, ranked close to the bottom for test scores and high school graduation rates. T.M. Landry was said to be \u201cminting prodigies,\u201d and the prodigies were often Black.<\/span><\/p>\n

How did the school do it? It\u00a0didn\u2019t: It was a\u00a0scam, pulled off with fake transcripts and personal essays telling fake stories of triumph over adversity. Worse, Landry\u2019s success concealed a nightmare of alleged abuse and coercion. In a yearslong investigation, Katie Benner and Erica L. Green explored the lives of the students, the school, the town, and Ivy League admissions to understand why black teens were pressured to trade in racial stereotypes of hardship for opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gripping and illuminating,\u00a0<\/span>Miracle Children\u00a0<\/span><\/i>argues that the lesson of T.M. Landry is not that the school gamed the system but that it played by the rules\u2014that its deceptions and abuses were the outcome of segregated schools, inequitable education, and the belief that elite colleges are the nation\u2019s last path to life-changing economic opportunity.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Eating Behind Bars<\/em>
\nEnding the Hidden Punishment of Food in Prison<\/em><\/h3>\n

By Leslie Soble, M.A.C.S. \u201917,<\/strong><\/span> with Alex Busansky and Aishatu R. Yusuf<\/p>\n

The New Press
\nOctober\u00a028,\u00a02025
\nWinner, 2026 James Beard Media Award for Food Issues and Advocacy<\/p>\n

A vivid exploration of the food crisis affecting millions of incarcerated Americans, <\/span><\/b>Eating Behind Bars<\/span><\/i><\/b> sheds new light on the power\u2014and peril\u2014of what\u2019s on our plates.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Prisons and jails are America\u2019s hidden \u201cfood deserts,\u201d where hunger and malnourishment coexist with shocking levels of food waste because much of what is served is so awful it ends up in the trash. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are tense and humiliating when incarcerated people are forced to eat in silence, finish meals within minutes, and disciplined with food deliberately worse than the standard fare.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This disturbing portrait\u00a0came to light\u00a0in 2020 when the nonprofit Impact Justice released the first-ever national examination of food in prison, catapulting the issue from the margins of prison litigation to the center of national conversations about mass incarceration and\u00a0food justice. This landmark book digs deeper, revealing a systemic drive to cut costs at the expense of health and decency. It is also a story of resistance and hope, chronicling how incarcerated people and their allies are fighting back, as well as exploring \u201cfarm to tray\u201d programs, chef-led initiatives, and other ways to make food in prison a source of healing and bring dignity back to the table.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Go Back and Fetch It<\/em>
\nRecovering Early Black Music in the Americas for Fiddle and Banjo<\/em><\/h3>\n

By Kristina R. Gaddy, M.F.A. \u201915,<\/strong><\/span> and Rhiannon Giddens<\/p>\n

The University of North Carolina Press
\nSeptember 16, 2025<\/p>\n

The roots of African American music made accessible and playable for the first time in one place.<\/b><\/p>\n

For the first time, this groundbreaking songbook collaboration by music writer Kristina R. Gaddy and Grammy Award winner Rhiannon Giddens makes\u00a019\u00a0examples of early Black Atlantic music accessible and playable for today\u2019s musicians, music enthusiasts, and historians. Presenting music from 1687 through the 1860s in modern treble clef and banjo tablature, along with the rich stories behind each song, Gaddy and Giddens take readers on a journey from the Caribbean across the Americas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Immensely readable for amateurs and professionals alike,\u00a0<\/span>Go Back and Fetch It<\/span><\/i>\u00a0explains the significance of early Black Atlantic music and how the patterns of tunings, melodic lines, and lyrics shed light on the impact that Black American music has had on\u00a019th-century popular music, early country, old time, and bluegrass. Each tune pairs with an engaging essay on its historical background and how the tune transformed over time, as well as information about the collector. Deeply researched and carefully approached, this essential source restores the roots of Black music to the musical canon.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Young Adult &\u00a0Children\u2019s\u00a0Books<\/h2>\n

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Discovering Life\u2019s Story<\/em>
\nThe Birth of Genetics<\/em><\/h3>\n

By Joy Hakim, M.Ed. \u201954<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

MITeen\u00a0Press
\nFebruary 3, 2026<\/p>\n

Can we crack the code to life itself? In the third volume in the\u00a0Discovering Life\u2019s Story<\/i>\u00a0series, scientists compete to decipher the genetic blueprint behind all life on earth.<\/b><\/p>\n

It\u2019s the dawn of the 20th century. Darwin has theorized that traits get passed down through generations, and Mendel has come up with a mathematical formula that predicts how traits reappear over time. But a key mystery remains: Is there a recipe for living beings? If there is, where is it hidden? With the help of powerful new microscopes and X-rays, scientists peer ever closer into cells, searching for answers. They find chromosomes, tight coils of DNA, mutations that introduce new variations in species, and proteins that dictate how living things function. Walter Sutton observes that chromosomes come in pairs. Nettie Stevens discovers the X and Y chromosomes that define biological gender. And Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, and Francis Crick compete to be the first to understand DNA\u2019s structure. But is it proteins or DNA that carry the secrets to life\u2019s blueprint?<\/p>\n

In\u00a0<\/span>Birth of Genetics<\/span><\/i>, Joy Hakim, author of the bestselling series <\/span>A History of US<\/span><\/i>, continues charting the path of human discovery as scientists race to unravel our genes and the mysteries they hold.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Still Further Adventures of\u00a0Jelly Bean<\/em><\/h3>\n

By Amy Meislin Pollack\u00a0\u201974<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Nightingale Books, an imprint of Pegasus Publishing
\n\u200eSeptember 25, 2025<\/p>\n

In\u00a0The Still Further Adventures of\u00a0Jelly Bean<\/i>\u2014the third book in\u00a0The Adventures of\u00a0Jelly Bean<\/i> series\u2014Jelly Bean\u00a0has to\u00a0deal with more changes.<\/p>\n

Faced with the departure of her best friend,\u00a0Jelly Bean\u00a0struggles to adapt to new dynamics in the classroom. Life also becomes more difficult when her grandmother, who had always had the time to listen to her, gets re-married and moves away.<\/p>\n

Together with her trusty and beloved dog, Roger-Over, and her wonderful new aunt, who takes a keen interest in her, Jelly Bean continues navigating and adapting to life\u2019s challenges. Join her on this exciting journey with its unexpected twists and turns, as our feisty heroine blossoms and grows.<\/p>\n

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Faculty Book<\/h2>\n

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Campus Whisper Networks<\/em>
\nKnowing\u00a0With Sexual Assault Survivors<\/em><\/h3>\n

By Janet Hinson Shope, Professor of Sociology and\u00a0Associate Vice President for Institutional Research,\u00a0and Richard Pringle, Professor Emeritus of Psychology<\/p>\n

Rutgers University Press
\nMarch\u00a010,\u00a02026<\/p>\n

Campus\u00a0Whisper Networks<\/span><\/i> examines how personal knowledge about student sexual assault circulates within college campus communities. Based upon both qualitative and quantitative survey data, Janet Hinson Shope and Richard\u202fPringle\u2019s research demonstrates that students who have been sexually assaulted tell someone\u2014almost always a friend. Most college students know someone who has been assaulted. Simply knowing, by means of relationships, that one or more peers have been assaulted affects the knowers, and the effects reverberate unevenly across campuses.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Shope and Pringle highlight\u202fthe structural properties that prohibit relational knowledge from becoming official institutional knowledge, confining it to whispers and secrecy within informal spheres\u00a0of knowledge. The rules governing the circulation of such knowledge create an uneven\u202fepistemic field of sexual assault. This uneven field is consequential for the communities, affecting survivors and their confidants and shaping student views of the college community.\u00a0<\/span>Campus Whisper Networks<\/span><\/i> demonstrates\u202fhow personal and institutional avoidance, both the \u201cneed to not know\u201d and \u201cno need to know,\u201d creates knowledge gaps that hide the community\u2019s wounds and prevent personal knowledge from becoming social knowledge.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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