When the world has us on edge, there’s nothing more comforting than to hear from someone who never loses their cool—a sage-like figure with just the right life experience and perspective to help us realize the sky isn’t falling.... Read More

To walk a nature preserve, view constellations in the night sky, or snorkel over a coral reef is to experience the beauty and complexity of this earth. For the curious child, such occasions are a source of innocent wonderment—as well... Read More

Alright, let’s get this party started and ask you a question normally reserved for celebrities in glossy magazine interviews: If you could host a dinner party with anybody, living or dead, who would you choose? We’ve always loved... Read More

This week, Jaime Goode is here to forgive you for everything you don’t know about wine. The author of several acclaimed books on wine including, most recently, The Goode Guide to Wine, Jamie finds it sad that so many people are... Read More

Life is a game of immersion. How willing are you to take it all in, to acknowledge both the pleasure and pain, without looking away, self-medicating, or relying on some other trick of avoidance? Of course, we all have our limits, even... Read More

In response to challenges like climate change, economic distress, and racial polarization, our government is gridlocked; even its once respected organizations, like the FBI and the Centers for Disease Control, are being challenged by... Read More

Put one foot in front of the other. Pay attention to this, overlook that. Seek a bit of happiness, try to live in a way that feels right. That’s basically what we all do to get by. And yet, for many of us, deep down we know there’s... Read More

No intro required to welcome Caroline B. Cooney into the Foreword This Week fold. We’ll just mention her enthralling new thriller, Before She Was Helen, chalked up a stellar review by Managing Editor Michelle Anne Schingler in the... Read More