History is a nag. All that moralizing about being condemned to repeat the past if we don’t remember it, when we all know history is a set of agreed-upon lies written by the winners. Not to mention the reason it’s called history and... Read More

The Road to Urbino / Roma Tearne / Gallic Books / Softcover $15.95 (352pp) / 978-1-910709-48-1 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / The Road to Urbino moves between Sri Lanka, the UK, and Italy, illuminating how each locale... Read More

Reviewer Michelle Anne Schingler Talks Speculative Invasion with Chana Porter, Author of The Seep / With an eye on Martin Luther King Jr. Day this upcoming Monday, let’s take a moment to ponder how he would have reacted to the current... Read More

No Way but to Fight / George Foreman and the Business of Boxing / Andrew R.M. Smith / University of Texas Press / Hardcover $29.95 (400pp) / 978-1-4773-1976-5 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / Andrew R. M. Smith’s... Read More

Last week, a British court ruled that ethical veganism qualified as a philosophical belief under British law, and that ethical vegans deserve the same protections as those who hold religious beliefs. Consider us pleasantly shocked. And... Read More

The Magical Language of Others / A Memoir / E. J. Koh / Tin House Books / Hardcover $22.95 (203pp) / 978-1-947793-38-5 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / A memoir about E. J. Koh’s formative years, The Magical Language... Read More

2019 marked a banner year of Foreword This Week interviews between reviewers and authors, including a handful of conversations about new health and wellness books. For this first installment of the new year, we searched the 2019 archives... Read More

The Whale and the Cupcake / Stories of Subsistence, Longing, and Community in Alaska / Julia O’Malley / University of Washington Press / Softcover $24.95 (176pp) / 978-0-295-74614-2 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / ... Read More