Cooking is a dreaded chore for some, and many others take a nonplussed, let’s just get-’er-done attitude into the kitchen—the shopping, chopping, mixing, and heating are simply the means to a meal. How extraordinary, then, are the... Read More

Strawberry Fields Hilary Plum Fence Books Softcover $15.99 (224pp) 978-1-944380-03-8 Buy: IndieBound, Amazon In Hilary Plum’s Strawberry Fields, myriad memorable protagonists report on tragedies from hotspots around the world with... Read More

If you’re in school right now, you’ve probably heard this question a hundred times over the last week. The sun is shining, the shorts are breaking out, and everybody is antsy. Sitting through a lecture with that dead look in your eye... Read More

When’s the last time you decided to read something political knowing it would anger you? Or watched a news program that made you want to throw the clicker at the television? The thing is, you should be proud of yourself if you do it... Read More

Exams are on the way. *cue Jaws theme music*, and we all know what that means. Panic, sleep deprivation, and our old friend stress. It sure would be nice to take a breather and let go of some of that anxiety right? Besides, you’ll do... Read More

House of Rougeaux Jenny Jaeckel Raincloud Press Hardcover $26.95 (308pp) 978-1-941203-24-8 Buy: IndieBound, Amazon On a Martinique sugar plantation near the end of the eighteenth century, sister and brother Abeje and Adunbi are the first... Read More

In what must be a peculiar quirk to my aging process, I find myself growing more and more interested in learning how the natural world works with every passing day. Ocean tides, bobcat hunting habits, how the top boughs of 300-foot-tall... Read More

It’s soothing, it’s enraging, it’s melodic, it’s grating––it’s poetry. For an array of feelings all in... Read More