Basem (Saleh Bakri) is a dedicated educator with a soft spot for two brothers from his village, Yacoub (Mahmoud Bakri) and Adam (Muhammad Abed Elrahaman). When a new counselor, Lisa (Imogen Poots), ...

These books confront readers with the recent past and distant future, bring them to southeastern Africa and an alternative Japan, and bedeck their pages with subversive cartoons and lush landscapes.

Dan Barnett teaches philosophy at Butte College. Send review requests to [email protected]. Columns archived at ...