Chocolate Chip City / Be Steadwell / Bywater Books / Softcover $22.95 (370pp) / 978-1-61294-315-2 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Be Steadwell’s novel Chocolate Chip City is about gentrification and protest. It is also a hymn... Read More

“Light in excess is a toxin that disappears when you turn it off, easy as that.’’ —Craig Childs You are a modern human living a life far different from your ancestors, and that’s cool if you break your neck and need a skilled... Read More

Amaranthine Chevrolet / Dennis E. Bolen / Rare Machines / Softcover $19.99 (256pp) / 978-1-4597-5477-5 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Dennis E. Bolen’s insightful, beautiful coming-of-age novel Amaranthine Chevrolet is a... Read More

Foreword Reviews Announces Winners of the 2024 INDIES Book of the Year Awards / TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan: June 05, 2025—Foreword Reviews announces the winners of its INDIES Book of the Year Awards today. These awards celebrate the... Read More

Family and Other Calamities / Leslie Gray Streeter / Lake Union Publishing / Softcover $16.99 (255pp) / 978-1-66252-762-3 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Family, loyalty, and forgiveness are at the center of Leslie Gray... Read More

Do you ever wonder if those in power would do better if they knew better? In my more hopeful moments, I think: “maybe they just haven’t read the right books, or extended enough empathy. Maybe if—” And let’s admit, too, that we... Read More

A few weeks ago in an interview discussing her book Enchanted Creatures, Natalie Lawrence explained that our fear of monsters is deeply cathartic because it allows us to glamorize fear, engage with it safely, and enjoy “all the thrills... Read More

Before Gender / Lost Stories from Trans History, 1850-1950 / Eli Erlick / Beacon Press / Hardcover $28.95 (280pp) / 978-0-8070-1735-7 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / There have always been transgender people, shows Eli... Read More