For many voters, the presidential election came down to one issue alone: Joe Biden’s commitment to take on climate change with all of his presidential powers should he win. And, within hours of securing Pennsylvania’s electoral... Read More

Bad Tourist / Misadventures in Love and Travel / Suzanne Roberts / University of Nebraska Press / Softcover $19.95 (280pp) / 978-1-4962-2284-8 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / Replete with harrowing and laugh out loud... Read More

Is there anything so complex and contradictory as the human mind? We endlessly question, hope, dream, and create. We continually challenge ourselves to reach for the stars, and yet often miss the forest for the trees. Human beings are an... Read More

As of this moment, the unfolding ballot-counting drama is riveting—and torturous—for Republicans and Democrats alike. Alas, there’s nothing left to do but watch and perhaps, pray, if you’re so inclined. This week’s interview... Read More

Piranesi / Susanna Clarke / Bloomsbury Publishing / Hardcover $27.00 (272pp) / 978-1-63557-563-7 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / In Susanna Clarke’s wondrous and moving novel Piranesi, a gentle man finds the... Read More

Is holding a free and fair election too much to ask of this country? Seemingly so. But let’s not rehash the reasons we’re on pins and needles. The problems across our wide land are all too plain to see—and it seems, the more we... Read More

This Way Back / Joanna Eleftheriou / West Virginia University Press / Softcover $23.99 (264pp) / 978-1-949199-66-6 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / Joanna Eleftheriou’s nuanced essays ask if one can ever truly go home... Read More