Jessica Anne Bratt is a branch manager at Grand Rapids, Michigan, Public Library. She and three other librarians recently launched an initiative called Libraries4BlackLives, pledging support for the Black Lives Matter movement and hosting... Read More

University presses are the intellectual vanguard of publishing. Their aims can never be solely commercial or corporate. They operate under different parameters than other publishing houses as both stewards of intellectual and artistic... Read More

If wildly creative designs and an endless number of alluring topics hold any appeal to the coloring public, we can comfortably assume most of those millions of adult colorers in this country won’t be giving up their crayons and pencils... Read More

As winter’s chill settles in, the magnetic pull of the oven, heavy cooking pots, and soup cauldrons draws us back to the kitchen to prepare heartier, more elaborate, more comforting meals. This new collection of standout independently... Read More

Crafting trends come and go, but crafters of all skill levels and genres enjoy books that make their crafting life easier, inspire them to raise the bar on their own craft, and make them laugh or think, or both. This collection of new... Read More

When “diversity” becomes a political catchword, it’s easy to lose sight of whose stories matter and why. As a literary genre, the memoir is an exceptionally powerful tool for presenting new points of view and perspectives, and for... Read More

What if science could contribute an understanding of the biological basis for enlightenment, and then, create new technologies to facilitate it? What if Eastern spiritual practices, honed over thousands of years, were combined with deep... Read More

With dystopian sagas on the wane (though there’s still one juicy entry in this lineup), the best new science fiction strikes out for unexplored territory, weaving humor and satire into story lines and drawing fewer and fewer distinctions... Read More