Melissa Wuske, Book Reviewer

Melissa Wuske (MelissaAnneWuske.com) has been a freelance editor since 2011. Prior to that she was an editor at Writer’s Digest Books. She specializes in holistic edits of nonfiction trade books, including how to, self-help, reference, and memoir titles. She partners with independent authors to make sure their books convey their expertise to their desired audience. Her favorite authors include Jhumpa Lahiri, Marilynne Robinson, Elena Ferrante, Wallace Stegner, and John Steinbeck.

Book Review

From Generosity to Justice

by Melissa Wuske

Darren Walker’s "From Generosity to Justice" charts a bold new path for changing the world by giving. Walker says that the contemporary world is as rife with inequality as Andrew Carnegie’s period was when he published The Gospel of... Read More

Book Review

Pressed Plants

by Melissa Wuske

Linda P.J. Lipsen’s "Pressed Plants" is a hobbyist’s botany book marked by deep wisdom. The book gives plant lovers the information they need to collect, press, and organize their own plant specimens. The sequential chapters document... Read More

Book Review

Sundressed

by Melissa Wuske

Lucianne Tonti’s "Sundressed" is a sustainable living book that reenvisions people’s relationships with their clothes. In the age of mass production of cheap clothes, this book aims to reconnect people with the origins of what they... Read More

Book Review

Appalachian Zen

by Melissa Wuske

Steve Kanji Ruhl’s "Appalachian Zen" is a memoir about a Buddhist awakening. Ruhl grew up in a trailer park in Appalachia with a deep yearning to be somewhere else. He began to practice Zen Buddhism, viewing it as a welcome contrast to... Read More

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