Think about some of history’s really, really big accomplishments over the past couple centuries—the miraculous inventions and life-changing discoveries that saved countless lives and changed our understanding of the universe. Do you... Read More

Ghosts in the Schoolyard / Racism and School Closings on Chicago’s South Side / Eve L. Ewing / University of Chicago Press / Hardcover $22.50 (240pp) / 978-0-226-52602-7 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / Ghosts in the... Read More

October 22, 2018 / Welcome to our annual post-show report from the floor of the 70th Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF). Year after year, Frankfurt reigns incontestably as the top international publishing event because of its sheer size, length... Read More

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