“Once you remember your queerness, the world opens up. The options abound. My life felt like it was closing in on me when I was in a heterosexual marriage. Now I feel like I can do anything. Good things are on the horizon.’’... Read More

Cammy Sitting Shiva / Cary Gitter / Crooked Lane Books / Hardcover $19.99 (320pp) / 979-889242254-3 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Cary Gitter’s Cammy Sitting Shiva is a poignant, often humorous novel about learning through... Read More

Reviewer Rachel Jagareski Interviews Jyoti Mukharji and Auyon Mukharji, Authors of Heartland Masala: An Indian Cookbook from an American Kitchen / In the minds of many Westerners, preparing authentic Indian food seems to require a... Read More

We’re joined by a film star this week, one of the Star Trek actors who captured our attention in his role of Lieutenant Sulu in both the television and movie series. But don’t think George Takei rested on those laurels. In 1994, he... Read More

Parklands / America’s National Parks and Public Lands / Jacob W. Frank / Gibbs Smith / Hardcover $40.00 (240pp) / 978-1-4236-6851-0 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Featuring hundreds of stunning images of parks and public land... Read More

Executive Editor Interviews Samuel Garza Bernstein, Author of Cesar Romero: The Joker Is Wild / Hollywood and the entertainment industry have long mesmerized the world by turning beautiful people—skilled at acting and performing—into... Read More

Welcome to our fall issue. We’re so glad to have you. Hospitality is a curious act in trying times: it reminds us of our mutual humanity and our shared responsibilities. It feeds both the giver and the receiver at the soul level.... Read More

We’ve made the wise decision to let Emily Dickinson take over the duties of introducing this conversation between Michel Leboeuf and Kristen Rabe, reviewer of Michel’sLost Songs of Nature. Emily chose to do it in verse: “Hope” is... Read More