“In my culture, circles are very important, as well as the spiral. It represents connectedness, and I was always taught that we are connected to everything around us, and everything that came before us, and everything that will... Read More

Chocolate Chip City / Be Steadwell / Bywater Books / Softcover $22.95 (370pp) / 978-1-61294-315-2 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Be Steadwell’s novel Chocolate Chip City is about gentrification and protest. It is also a hymn... Read More

“Light in excess is a toxin that disappears when you turn it off, easy as that.’’ —Craig Childs You are a modern human living a life far different from your ancestors, and that’s cool if you break your neck and need a skilled... Read More

Amaranthine Chevrolet / Dennis E. Bolen / Rare Machines / Softcover $19.99 (256pp) / 978-1-4597-5477-5 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Dennis E. Bolen’s insightful, beautiful coming-of-age novel Amaranthine Chevrolet is a... Read More

Foreword Reviews Announces Winners of the 2024 INDIES Book of the Year Awards / TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan: June 05, 2025—Foreword Reviews announces the winners of its INDIES Book of the Year Awards today. These awards celebrate the... Read More

Family and Other Calamities / Leslie Gray Streeter / Lake Union Publishing / Softcover $16.99 (255pp) / 978-1-66252-762-3 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Family, loyalty, and forgiveness are at the center of Leslie Gray... Read More