We sometimes think of our reviewers as explorers—this is your assignment, scribe, if you choose to accept it—venturing off into the uncharted stories and ideas of new books, logging details as the pages slip by, then posting an... Read More

Black Star / Eric A. GloverArielle Jovellanos, illustrator / Abrams ComicArts / Hardcover $24.99 (172pp) / 978-1-4197-4228-6 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / Black Star is a fast-moving, twisting futuristic thriller about... Read More

The opportunity to spend time with two Poet Laureates discussing one of our very favorite subjects—America’s National Parks—was just too enchanting an idea to pass up. Prepare yourself for the sort of insight and inspiration that... Read More

This week, we’re thrilled to share a conversation between two veteran magazine writers and avid travelers: Foreword reviewer Kristine Morris and Chaney Kwak, author of The Passenger, recounting a harrowing cruise in sixty foot waves he... Read More

In the Event of Contact / Ethel Rohan / Dzanc Books / Softcover $16.95 (200pp) / 978-1-950539-26-0 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / Distance, psychological and physical, runs through Ethel Rohan’s short story collection... Read More

The series follows the metalcore band Hush as they take on the highs and lows of the last traveling Warped Tour, all while grieving the death of a longtime bandmate and friend. All centered around the same summer, this volume focuses on... Read More

Conspiracy theories and charismatic leaders with dictatorial ideas are the talk of our times. Many of us have lost faith in bedrock principles of government and society, leading to levels of division and polarization not seen in... Read More

Solo Viola / A Post-Exotic Novel / Antoine VolodineLia Swope Mitchell, translator / University of Minnesota Press / Softcover $17.95 (112pp) / 978-1-5179-1119-5 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / Antoine Volodine’s superb... Read More