Shannon Vallor uses the metaphor of a mirror to reveal how AI reflects and distorts our shared humanity.

Heidi J. Larson explores the cultural, moral, and social roots of vaccine hesitancy before the Covid pandemic.

This poem confronts prejudice, hate, and moral conflict, depicting a doctor treating a bigoted patient with professional duty despite deep offense.

A haunting novel about guilt, memory, and morality, exploring how ambition corrodes empathy and human connection.

Dégas’ intimate scene explores light, perspective, and ambiguous human tension in a dimly lit, emotionally charged room.

Two paintings by Jean-Baptiste Greuze capture weary domesticity and maternal intimacy.

Blending memoir and criticism, Sarah Chihaya’s Bibliophobia explores depression, identity, and the perilous yet healing power of books.

The “fragmentary novel” Flights, offers literary descriptions of phantom limb pain by imagining what a known amputee from the past may have gone through.

The book’s profound and startling reflections on mortality are lyrical, fierce, and deeply felt.

This essay collection explores living with severe mental illness, blending memoir, cultural critique, and reflections on resilience, treatment, and identity.

Donald Antrim’s memoir confronts suicide, psychosis, and survival with unflinching honesty, blending personal crisis, hospitalization, and hard-earned hope.

Jay Baruch’s Fourteen Stories vividly portrays caregivers’ struggles, ethical dilemmas, and resilience.