Buddhist koan lovers play a philosophical game that puts forward this challenge: state one truth about the universe that can be proven without a doubt. And often, “that we will surely die” comes back as a response. But what is death?... Read More

The Country Under Heaven / Frederic S. Durbin / Melville House / Softcover $20.99 (336pp) / 978-1-68589-169-5 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / Dizzying visions haunt the otherwise delicate beauty of Frederic S. Durbin’s... Read More

Reviewer Katy Keffer Interviews Isabelle Morley, Author of They’re Not Gaslighting You: Ditch the Therapy Speak and Stop Hunting for Red Flags in Every Relationship / After a years-long perfect storm of Covid isolation, social media... Read More

Lots of years around books has taught us a few things about writers. To whit: pay attention when an author says something along the lines of, “it was important to me to write this story.” Most often, that tell signifies an extremely... Read More

Beyond They/Them / 20 Influential Nonbinary and Gender-Diverse People You Should Know / Em DicksonCameron Mukwa, illustrator / Andrews McMeel Publishing / Hardcover $21.99 (96pp) / 978-1-5248-9399-6 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop),... Read More

Reviewer Katy Keffer Interviews Earl Campazzi, Author of Living with Pancreatic Cancer: A Patient and Family Guide / For all the hullabaloo, one simple fact about artificial intelligence should hold your attention: AI may save your life.... Read More

In the main, thrillers coming out of the Nordic regions are grim, as if their writers all work for a sinister tourist bureau intent on frightening the wits out of any potential foreign travelers. So, brutal cold, unrelenting darkness,... Read More

Painting Wonder / How Pauline Baynes Illustrated the Worlds of C. S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien / Katie Wray Schon / Waxwing Books / Hardcover $18.99 (48pp) / 978-1-956393-15-6 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / In this... Read More