Editor’s Note: This poem by Adam Giannelli is being presented as part of our special focus on poetry during #PoetryMonth in April. Please read our introduction to the series. Used with permission from University of Iowa Press Read More

Matt Sutherland sets up the Children's Books USA stand prior to the opening of the fair. For a remarkable fifty-four straight springtimes, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF) has been held in this most delightful of Italian cities.... Read More

Editor’s Note: This poem by Sheila McMullin is being presented as part of our special focus on poetry during #PoetryMonth in April. Please read our introduction to the series. A person lies next to me Someone’s arm wraps tenderly... Read More

It’s National Poetry Month, and we here at Foreword Reviews are asking the age-old question: “What about the children?” After all, when is the last time you heard kids beg their parents for more poetry at the checkout aisle?... Read More

Editor’s Note: This poem by Alex Dimitrov is being presented as part of our special focus on poetry during #PoetryMonth in April. Please read our introduction to the series. It’s three days past Easter and at the light on Fountain /... Read More

It’s no secret that we’re huge poetry nerds here at Foreword Reviews; our Editor-In-Chief recently wrote as much in a piece with the very telling name, “I Love Poetry…” It has been great celebrating poetry all throughout April,... Read More

Back in 1985, while I was a journalism major at Wayne State University in Detroit, my professor drilled into my head the standard “Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How” lede to a story. And for years I followed it and the inverted... Read More

Following are reviews of some of the best recent indie LGBTQ nonfiction titles, reviewed in our April 2017 special LGBTQ section. What the Mouth Wants / A Memoir of Food, Love and Belonging / Monica Meneghetti / Caitlin Press /... Read More