National Network for Equitable Library Service

One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent-but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent, galvanizing collection of contemporary essays by disabled people.

Mega-bestselling author, teacher and self-help leader Rachel Hollis offers her devoted followers and new readers alike a short guide to seizing difficult moments for the learning experiences they are and finding value in them.

Stunning for her daring originality, the author of Negroland gives us what she calls "a temperamental autobiography," comprised of visceral, intimate fragments that fuse criticism and memoir. Margo Jefferson constructs a nervous system with pieces of different lengths and tone, conjoining arts writing (poem, song, performance) with life writing (history, psychology). The book's structure is determined by signal moments of her life, those that trouble her as well as those that thrill and restore.

David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book. If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris' cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most.

Alberta is the land of big skies, big dreams and sometimes just plain big, weird things. For example, the province is home to the world's largest manmade waterfall, the world's largest beaver, a gopher museum where stuffed rodents are dressed up like people,a complete mock-up of the Starship Enterprise and a Star Trek station, and a stretch of highway specially designed to help salamanders cross the road.

In this candid and curious essay collection, Jonathan takes a thoughtful, in-depth look at timely topics through the lens of his own personal experience. These stories speak to doing the work to challenge internalized beliefs, finding compassion and confidence, and learning more about what makes us all so messy and gorgeous.

Jessi Klein explodes the cultural myths and impossible expectations around motherhood, and explores the humiliations, poignancies, and possibilities of midlife.

Ali Wentworth shares the absurd and sometimes trying moments that got her and her family through the pandemic, and their experience with the disease that has affected millions of lives.

An intimate, behind-the-scenes celebration of beloved The Office co-stars Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey's friendship, and an insiders' view of the unforgettable cast of the hit series' iconic characters.

How do the most glamorous people in Hollywood behave when they're not in the public eye? Nat Segaloff knows because he followed them for decades. These are the dirty deeds as seen by a publicist who kept them out of the papers and then became a reporter who put them back in.