We are proud to announce the publication of two Raritan Skiff Books, the result of a collaboration between the magazine and Rutgers University Press.
Pandemonium Logs: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2020-2022, by Ben Miller (publication date 10/11/2024)
Winner of the Balcones Prize in Nonfiction
Working a day job in a hospital, Ben Miller had a front row seat to the COVID-19 pandemic as it caught an unprepared population by surprise. He casts a steady gaze on the state of the worker in the U.S. health-care system, giving voice to the doctors, nurses, support staff, patients, and families caught in the complex swirl of daily dilemmas and crucial choices. Through its wide range of characters, Pandemonium Logs creates an intimate and moving portrait of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Raritan on War: An Anthology, edited by Jackson Lears and Karen Parker Lears (publication date 03/14/2025)
We are, once again, a world at war. This book is all too timely. Some selections in it recapture the look and feel of war, from the confusion of a young girl dodging bombs in the Halberstadt public square to the sound of a Mozart concerto, heard by a family hiding in a cave, played on their own piano by a Serbian sniper. Others challenge the secrets and lies of the warmakers. All reveal the power of art and reflection to sustain human connections against overwhelming odds.
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