The Lightning Jar / Christian Felt / University of Iowa Press / Softcover $16.00 (142pp) / 978-1-60938-600-9 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / In Christian Felt’s eerie and wondrous The Lightning Jar, an outwardly... Read More

Oppression is the law of the land. Always has been. Throughout history, emerging white societies in the west routinely developed dominant groups intent on reigning over other, less powerful members—women, Jews, black- and brown-skinned... Read More

A Fistful of Stars / Communing with the Cosmos / Gail Collins-RanadiveMilt Hetrick, contributor / Little Bound Books / Softcover $12.95 (84pp) / 978-1-947003-97-2 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / In the center of each... Read More

Try as you might to prepare or avoid it, the searing, devastating pain of grief is going to find you at several points in your life and you will be changed by it. But for the length of time it takes to read this interview, set aside what... Read More

Reviewer Karl Helicher Huddles with Robert W. Turner, Author of Not For Long: The Life and Career of the NFL Athlete / Professional football is on the hotseat right now, deservedly so. Concussions, the league’s response to Colin... Read More

Girl Town / Carolyn Nowak / Top Shelf Productions / Softcover $19.99 (160pp) / 978-1-60309-438-2 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / Carolyn Nowak’s Girl Town is an intriguing, masterful celebration of girls and girlhood... Read More

Cults. Not much good to say about ’em. But the reason religious organizations like Scientology, Branch Davidians, Children of God, and The Unification Church have attracted followers throughout history is because they offered the... Read More

Empowered Boundaries / Speaking Truth, Setting Boundaries, and Inspiring Social Change / Cristien Storm / North Atlantic Books / Softcover $15.95 (208pp) / 978-1-62317-274-9 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / When does... Read More