Reflecting on the inescapablity of generational growing pains, a fatherless father works to connect with his adolescent son in Kevin Moffett’s tender, rousing novel "Only Son". Told in triptych form, the novel begins at the fracture... Read More
This Thanksgiving, I celebrate ten years on Foreword‘s editorial team—years I’ve spent gobsmacked, on repeat, by the wonder-inducing titles released every day by independent publishers. Each selection period, I end up aglow; each... Read More
Treating adaptability as an essential self-improvement tool at work and at home, Bend, Don’t Break is an encouraging self-help guide. Matt A. West’s piquing self-help book Bend, Don’t Break suggests that adaptability is the key to... Read More
Moving through landscapes marked by decay, a government agent’s sense of identity wavers in the humane dystopian novel "The Below". In Scott T. Miller’s haunting dystopian novel "The Below", emotional scars and social divisions... Read More
"Hope on the Border" is an inspiring, action-oriented social science survey focused on the work of one philanthropic organization. Gil Gillenwater’s celebratory social science survey "Hope on the Border" spotlights the compassionate... Read More
"Imperial Religious Policy from Constantine to Theodosius I" is a concise but thorough history of Ancient Rome’s transition into a Christian empire. Ferdinando Emilio Abbate’s meticulous monograph "Imperial Religious Policy from... Read More
In its form and shifting subjects, the imaginative speculative novel "The Tesseract" plays with the power of words and the limits of language. Karima Vargas Bushnell’s reality-bending speculative novel "The Tesseract" moves through... Read More
Writers are fearless—we’ve heard it said so often it has become a cliche. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t a courageous few who really are drawn to grapple with issues that are so vexing the rest of us shield our eyes and skulk... Read More