Survival and return in the face of extraordinary destruction

After the Blast
The Ecological Recovery of Mount St. Helens
By Eric Wagner

New essays acknowledge Native authority, indigenize cultural narratives, and disrupt colonialist legacy

Unsettling Native Art Histories on the Northwest Coast
Edited by Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse and Aldona Jonaitis

A wry tale of adultery, retribution, and rebellion—and a landmark work of Chinese American literature

Eat a Bowl of Tea
By Louis Chu
Foreword by Fae Myenne Ng
Introduction by Jeffery Paul Chan

What industrial agriculture reveals about communism—and capitalism, too

Communist Pigs
An Animal History of East Germany’s Rise and Fall
By Thomas Fleischman

Illuminates the life and work of Japanese artist and entrepreneur Takehisa Yumeji

Yumeji Modern
Designing the Everyday in Twentieth-Century Japan
By Nozomi Naoi

The many dimensions of gold in a shadow economy

Shifting Livelihoods
Gold Mining and Subsistence in the Chocó, Columbia
By Daniel Tubb

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