Reviewer Rachel Jagareski Interviews Julian Hoffman, Author of Irreplaceable / Climate change got you down? Need a pick-me-up? Put on some trail shoes and head outside. Yes, it’s an irony but just the thing that’s under assault is... Read More

Reviewer Matt Sutherland Interviews Eva Holland, Author of Nerve: Adventures in the Science of Fear / No doubt, you’ve been hearing a lot of quotes apropos of COVID-19 anxiety, including FDR’s classic, “the only thing we have to... Read More

Reviewer Pallas Gates McCorquodale and Her Elementary School Students Interview Carol Lynn Pearson, Author of I’ll Walk with You / We can measure the worth of a writer using metrics like number of weeks on bestseller lists and million... Read More

There are few experiences more universally human than to strive for belonging. We all long for a slice of a shared history, a touchstone to connect us to something larger than ourselves. Television commercials advertise websites devoted... Read More

Every so often, at just the time in your life when you are receptive, someone steps forward to teach you something. It may be a podcast, a passage in a book, or a chance conversation in the post office, but the universe suddenly reveals... Read More

Remember those carefree days of splashing and dog paddling in the pools and lakes of your childhood? How the liddle-bit chilly, gradually deepening water excited you, but also earned your respect because mom didn’t want you to go too... Read More

You’re stressed and we are too. It’s like the coronavirus has a psychological component that infects our anxiety bone, which is connected to the panic bone, which is connected to the despair bone. Alas, COVID-19 seems perfectly... Read More

As we settle into new routines of social distancing and hand washing, all of us at Foreword feel blessed to be in an industry bound together by a mutual love of books. We know books have the power to help us heal, persevere, laugh, and... Read More