Love and Gravity / Always Human, #2 / Ari North / Yellow Jacket / Softcover $14.99 (288pp) / 978-1-4998-1278-7 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / A young woman debates taking her dream job, though it would mean separating from her... Read More

What are the ripe conditions for a painter or poet, novelist or songwriter to create a compelling work of art, one that goes beyond aesthetic appeal and proceeds to have a lasting impact on society? The last century offers some... Read More

Lies about Black People / How to Combat Racist Stereotypes and Why It Matters / Omekongo Dibinga / Michael Eric Dyson, contributor / Prometheus / Hardcover $26.95 (232pp) / 978-1-63388-878-4 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Lies... Read More

A couple years ago we were smitten with An Atlas of Extinct Countries, Gideon Defoe’s “irreverent look at the history of defunct nations and the larger-than-life personalities behind them,” which earned a starred review from Eileen... Read More

A Deathly Irish Secret / A Blanche Murninghan Mystery / Nancy Nau Sullivan / Light Messages / Softcover $16.99 (240pp) / 978-1-61153-503-7 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / A journalist uncovers a bloody murder during a trip to... Read More

Beyond the lending of books and scolding of rowdy patrons, being a librarian today requires the skills of an event planner, computer scientist, psychologist, data management professional, and public service officer—along with a whole... Read More

Over the months of FTW Thursdays, we’ve talked many times about the declining numbers of white evangelical Christians in the USA—from 23 percent of the population in 2006 to 13.9 percent in 2022—but we really haven’t heard a good... Read More

The All-American / Susie Finkbeiner / Revell / Softcover $16.99 (368pp) / 978-0-8007-3936-2 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Sisters’ lives are upended when their father is accused of being a communist in Susie Finkbeiner’s... Read More