As ever more tech and innovation infiltrates our lives, in a sense, we grow dumber because there’s so much we don’t understand. But try we must. Whether it’s the molecular science behind cutting-edge COVID vaccines or the way your... Read More

Winter in Sokcho / Elisa Shua DusapinAneesa Abbas Higgins, translator / Open Letter Books / Softcover $14.95 (160pp) / 978-1-948830-41-6 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / In Elisa Shua Dusapin’s novel Winter in Sokcho, a... Read More

Here at Foreword, we wouldn’t have lasted long in this business if we didn’t keep an open mind. And in the broadly defined realm of spirituality, we consider ourselves especially welcoming of original ideas because the independent... Read More

A particularly sadistic sort of golf fan tunes into just a couple major tournaments a year because, frankly, they like to see cocky, pampered young millionaires have nervous breakdowns on television. Well, here we are—it’s Masters... Read More

William Still / The Underground Railroad and the Angel at Philadelphia / William C. Kashatus / University of Notre Dame Press / Hardcover $35.00 (356pp) / 978-0-268-20036-7 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / In William... Read More

In a time when counting blessings and wringing delight from the little things is more important—and more difficult—than ever, Adam Ciccio swoops in to save the day with this cheery children’s title about looking on the bright side.... Read More

Fresh Starts / Ramadan. Earth Day. Easter. Arbor Day. Anzac Day (like Memorial Day for our Aussie and New Zealand family and friends). Holocaust Remembrance Day. A Pink Moon. April is a spiritual month, and also one for fresh starts.... Read More

We mere mortals are often mesmerized by the complexity of the world around us, so much of which we don’t understand. And we also reserve that feeling of awe for the brilliant artists, athletes, scientists, and designers walking among... Read More