An Empty Grave

BY ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS ’83 P’17

“An Empty Grave” is the seventh novel in Welsh-Huggins’ ongoing series of Andy Hayes Mystery books. A master of interweaving plot points, building tension and a reporter’s eye for detail, Welsh-Huggins may have written his most fast-paced, page-turning book to date. (Ohio Swallow/ Ohio University Press)

Something Wild

BY HANNA HALPERIN ’12

Halperin’s debut novel is a deeply searing and intimate rendering of strained sisterhood, long-held secrets, the horrors of domestic violence and the traumas that permanently shape lives. “Something Wild” is a thoughtful and compassionate look at victimhood, survivorship and the toll both can take on a family. (Viking/Penguin Random House)

Hospice Plastics

BY RACHEL HINTON ’06

Winner of the Cowles Poetry Prize, “Hospice Plastics” is a semi-autobiographical collection of poems following the illnesses and deaths of Hinton’s parents in her teens. Through meditations on medical plastics, Hinton weaves an original, compelling and even darkly humorous tale. (Southeast Missouri State University Press)

The City Creative

BY DAVID SCHALLIOL ’99 AND MICHAEL H. CARRIERE

Though some see cities as faceless concrete jungles devoid of caring communities, those who call urban centers home beg to differ. Whether through events, community gardens, farmers markets, local business retail spaces, murals or other initiatives, it’s the creativity in people’s placemaking that makes cities into homes. (University of Chicago Press)

The Anthropocene Reviewed

BY JOHN GREEN ’00 H’16

Though “The Anthropocene Reviewed” is Green’s first collection of essays, he is no stranger to best-seller lists. With an impeccable eye for detail, Green is fascinated by the minutiae of our human-centered planet and reviews the unexpected on a five-star scale. From everyday objects we use and don’t think much about (air conditioning, Diet Dr Pepper) to small delights (scratch-and-sniff stickers, hot dog eating contests) and the enduringly fascinating (cave paintings, Googling strangers), Green gives insight into human loneliness, tenderness and everything in between. (Dutton/Penguin Random House)

Additional Releases

• Saul Benjamin ’70, “Delphi: Volume 6”

• David Colley ’63, “The Folly of Generals: How Eisenhower’s Broad Front Strategy Lengthened World War II”

• John Hattendorf ’64, “A Redcoat in America”

• Will Morrisey ’73, “Herman Melville’s Ship of State”

• David Roberts ’73, “Republic of Numbers: Unexpected Stories of Mathematical Americans Through History”

• Ben Wright-Heuman ’08, “The Letters of the Devil” and “The Legacy of L”