Refuge
Megan Elias2026-07-29T13:37:40-04:00In the spring of 1983 Terry Tempest Williams learned that her mother was dying of cancer. That same season, The Great Salt Lake began to rise to record heights, threatening the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and the herons, owls, and snowy egrets that Williams, a poet and naturalist, had come to gauge her life by.…
Matched
Megan Elias2026-07-09T12:34:03-04:00Cassia has always trusted the Society’s choices. And when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, she is certain he’s the one—until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. Now she is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she’s ever known and a path no has dared to follow .…
West: A Translation
Megan Elias2026-07-09T12:33:50-04:00In 2018, Utah Poet Laureate Paisley Rekdal was commissioned to write a poem commemorating the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad. The result is West: A Translation–an unflinching hybrid collection of poems and essays that draws a powerful, necessary connection between the railroad’s completion and the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882-1943).…
Dream On
Megan Elias2026-07-09T12:33:42-04:00Something is missing from Cassie’s life. Her parents don’t have much money, she has to share her bedroom (and bed!) with her sisters, and her family never seem to have time for her. To make matters worse, her best friend Vali is always busy with a new friend.…
Our Work, Our Words …
Megan Elias2026-07-13T11:44:48-04:00“To see the Twin Poets is to laugh and cry and be thankful that young poets continue our great tradition”-Sonia Sanchez, author of Shake Loose My Skin…
Growing Up Biden
Megan Elias2026-06-09T12:40:47-04:00Growing Up Biden details Valerie’s decades-long professional career in politics, and the central role she played in her brother’s life as an insightful adviser, an ever-loyal advocate and best friend.…
Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania, to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies
Megan Elias2026-06-09T12:40:47-04:00A cornerstone of early American political thought, this collection provides invaluable insight into the grievances and philosophical underpinnings of the era. Dickinson’s work explores the economic relationship between Great Britain and its colonies, analyzing the impact of British financial policies on colonial life.…
The Collected Stories of Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Megan Elias2026-06-09T12:40:47-04:00The Collected Stories by Alice Dunbar-Nelson presents a powerful collection of the acclaimed writer’s most compelling and thought-provoking short stories.
Known for her keen insights into race, gender, and identity, Dunbar-Nelson’s work captures the complexities of the African American experience with grace and depth.…
The Book of Unknown Americans
Megan Elias2026-07-13T11:43:17-04:00When fifteen-year-old Maribel Rivera sustains a terrible injury, the Riveras leave behind a comfortable life in Mexico and risk everything to come to the United States so that Maribel can have the care she needs. Once they arrive, it’s not long before Maribel attracts the attention of Mayor Toro, the son of one of their new neighbors, who sees a kindred spirit in this beautiful, damaged outsider.…