To Make Room for the Sea / Adam Clay / Milkweed Editions / Softcover $16.00 (88pp) / 978-1-57131-497-0 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / In his fourth book of poetry, To Make Room for the Sea, Adam Clay notes, “The... Read More

Remember those carefree days of splashing and dog paddling in the pools and lakes of your childhood? How the liddle-bit chilly, gradually deepening water excited you, but also earned your respect because mom didn’t want you to go too... Read More

March Publisher’s Note / We’re quietly celebrating Foreword’s 22nd anniversary on April 1, while nervously settling into our turbulent twenties, thank you very little COVID-19. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been a part of several... Read More

In the Absence of Miracles / Michael J. Malone / Orenda Books / Softcover $15.95 (300pp) / 978-1-912374-79-3 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / Family abuse and the complex secrets surrounding it are at the heart of... Read More

You’re stressed and we are too. It’s like the coronavirus has a psychological component that infects our anxiety bone, which is connected to the panic bone, which is connected to the despair bone. Alas, COVID-19 seems perfectly... Read More

When fear comes to town and our leaders urge us to hole up and prepare for the worst, you can expect to experience periods of melancholy and disillusionment. Not for nothing are these called the times that try our souls. Even so, let’s... Read More

Foreword Reviews Announces Finalists for 2019 INDIES Book of the Year Awards / Traverse City, MI, March 20, 2020—As part of its mission to discover, review, and share the best books from university and independent publishers, Foreword... Read More