It is not always easy to find an alternative take on historical events that is also wise.

“Lost Children Archive”—a book centering on the fate of unaccompanied young people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and set within a fractured family’s rather grim and tense road trip from New York to the U.S. Southwest—stands out now that yet another surge of such minors is in progress.

“Living is no Laughing Matter” came to me like a message from God — seriously — delivered to me in the middle of my morning sun, reading and coffee ritual, which never fails to turn my mind to higher things.

“Living is no Laughing Matter” came to me like a message from God — seriously — delivered to me in the middle of my morning sun, reading and coffee ritual, which never fails to turn my mind to higher things.

“Arte Popular Mexicano. De mascaras, Barro, Calacas, Criaturas fantásticas, ...” by Miguel Abruch Linder

“If Walls Could Talk: Chapala’s historic buildings and their former occupants” by Tony Burton