Reasons to Rejoice / “L’Chaim!” Two hundred glasses raised in unison on a Saturday evening just before this issue went to press. The celebration had an air of the uncanny: it had to be relocated late in the planning process when... Read More

An Interview with Matt Friberg, Publisher of Parallax Press / For all our years in the book industry, we know a good story when we see one—and a company with a stated mandate to “help transform suffering and injustice,” while... Read More

In today’s interview, Willem Marx asks Lisanna Wallance the dinner table question that has vexed American parents for decades: “Do you have any ideas or theories as to why [a] conflict between what’s good for you and what tastes... Read More

Down South + East / A Chinese American Cookbook / Ron Hsu / Abrams Books / Hardcover $40.00 (272pp) / 978-1-4197-7747-9 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Infused with family stories and historical tidbits about Southern cuisine,... Read More

An Interview with Sarah Crabtree and Melissa Philley, Author and Illustrator of Quaker, Whaler, Traitor, Spy!: The Trials of William Rotch / Oil embargoes. False flags. Tariffs. Gunboat diplomacy. Smuggling. Religious zealotry. You might... Read More

With her sharply-written starred review ofThe Shipikisha Club in Foreword’s March/April issue, Meg Nola introduces us to the remarkable Mubanga Kalimamukwento, a five-time author and University of Minnesota PhD student (Gender, Women... Read More

Residual / Tisa Bryant / Nightboat Books / Softcover $19.95 (272pp) / 978-1-64362-296-5 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Queer Black author and professor Tisa Bryant’s bold, inventive autobiographical essay collection is about... Read More