August 18th, 2020, marked the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, which prohibited the federal government and state legislatures from denying any citizen the right to vote based on sex. It was a hard-fought victory for women’s... Read More

In response to challenges like climate change, economic distress, and racial polarization, our government is gridlocked; even its once respected organizations, like the FBI and the Centers for Disease Control, are being challenged by... Read More

The Sisters of Straygarden Place / Hayley Chewins / Candlewick Press / Softcover $16.99 (208pp) / 978-1-5362-1227-3 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / Hayley Chewins’s fantasy novel The Sisters of Straygarden Place is... Read More

Put one foot in front of the other. Pay attention to this, overlook that. Seek a bit of happiness, try to live in a way that feels right. That’s basically what we all do to get by. And yet, for many of us, deep down we know there’s... Read More

Afterlife Crisis / Randal Graham / ECW Press / Softcover $17.95 (432pp) / 978-1-77041-470-9 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / In Randal Graham’s raucous, wry, and philosophical sequel to Beforelife, the divine Author’s... Read More

A Very Big Problem / Amy-Jill LevineSandy Eisenberg SassoAnnie Bowler, illustrator / Flyaway Books / Hardcover $18.00 (40pp) / 978-1-947888-11-1 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / With the biblical story of creation as... Read More

No intro required to welcome Caroline B. Cooney into the Foreword This Week fold. We’ll just mention her enthralling new thriller, Before She Was Helen, chalked up a stellar review by Managing Editor Michelle Anne Schingler in the... Read More

The story of Atlantis Black—whose death came too young via overdose in a Tijuana hotel room—is well known and an all-too-common experience for super talented artists. What many people don’t realize is that the circumstances of her... Read More