The Outsider
A Memoir for Misfits
Vir Das ’02, D.F.A.’18
S&S/Simon Element
The Outsider is more than just a memoir about Vir Das’s rise to comedic fame; it’s a powerful reflection on how being a misfit can shape one’s identity into something truly unique. Das’s story speaks to anyone who has ever felt out of place, serving as a testament to the resilience and humor that can arise when you resist the urge to fit in and stay true to who you are.
More Hell
Adam al-Sirgany ’11
Whiskey Tit Books
The stories of More Hell weave a rich and sometimes comic tapestry of longing, addiction, sex, and loss—themes common to all our lives. The wild cast of rural characters navigate a fast-changing world from their vantage point in a place unaccustomed to such change. The cast of More Hell will resonate long after the final page.
The Constitution of Conflict
How the Supreme Court Undermines the Separation of Powers
Thomas Bell, Associate Professor of Political Science
University Press of Kansas
The Constitution of Conflict is a bold and timely proposal for rethinking the role of the Supreme Court in the separation of powers. Challenging long‑held assumptions about the Constitution, Thomas Bell boldly argues that a separation of powers doctrine enforceable by the court is inconsistent with the constitutional design.
Dinosaur Dreams
A Father and Daughter in Search of America’s Prehistoric Past
B.J. Hollars ’07
Bison Books
B.J. Hollars and his 9-year-old daughter Ellie embarked on a 2,000-mile road trip to complete the Montana Dinosaur Trail, a 14-stop trail consisting of museums, state parks, and dinosaur dig sites throughout a state known for its Mesozoic-era fossil record. They dig fossils, learn from amateur and professional paleontologists, and forge a bond even stronger than the dinosaurs they love.
RACK
Jim Hogue ’70
Logosophia
Jim Hogue’s novel RACK is old-fashioned storytelling pulled from today’s headlines. The eponymous Rack, smart, tough, funny and literate, finds himself drawn into an elaborate sting operation to catch human traffickers and the greedy politicians abetting them. RACK is an homage and addition to the great sleuthing novels of the past, from Raymond Chandler to Elmore Leonard.
Baseball in the Roaring Twenties
The Yankees, the Cardinals, and the Captivating 1926 Season
Thomas Wolf ’69
University of Nebraska Press
Focusing on the Cardinals and Yankees and their dramatic seven-game battle in the 1926 World Series, Baseball in the Roaring Twenties tells the story of key players such as Babe Ruth and Rogers Hornsby, the Negro Leagues season, and how baseball and the inextricably linked aspects of American life—Prohibition, the Jazz Age, and the rise of sports gambling—converged that year.
Race and Place
School Desegregation in Prince George’s County, Maryland
Deirdre Mayer Dougherty, Associate Professor of Educational Studies
Rutgers University Press
Race and Place considers the everyday experiences of community members throughout the process of school desegregation and how race, place, and truth came to matter in this process in Prince George’s County, Maryland, from 1945 through 1973.
Up All Night
An Aspie’s Memoir of Chasing Girls in Quicksand
Rich Trout ’91
Christian Faith Publishing
Up All Night not only grips readers in unrelenting humor, but it offers a fresh voice embracing readers with graphic injuries, tender recollections, big surprises, and love. Posing nuanced psychological questions while never losing its heart, Up All Night traces the challenges of living with undiagnosed Asperger's syndrome before the social disorder became known in 1992.
The CBGB Conspiracy
Gabriel Rotello ’74
Koehler Books
Set during the glory days of New York's downtown music, art, literary and fashion scenes, The CBGB Conspiracy mixes fiction with a host of real events and historical figures. Behind them all looms a character just as visceral and ultimately doomed: the crumbling New York of 1977.