Here at Foreword, we wouldn’t have lasted long in this business if we didn’t keep an open mind. And in the broadly defined realm of spirituality, we consider ourselves especially welcoming of original ideas because the independent... Read More

Fresh Starts / Ramadan. Earth Day. Easter. Arbor Day. Anzac Day (like Memorial Day for our Aussie and New Zealand family and friends). Holocaust Remembrance Day. A Pink Moon. April is a spiritual month, and also one for fresh starts.... Read More

I wonder if, a year into Covid-19, you find yourself where I am: imposing masks onto memories; starting when people in media, even media from before, don’t observe social distancing guidelines. Amending my travel desires: last... Read More

Kids are naturally tough and resilient, if we inspire them to be. Which is why many experts encourage parents to speak more candidly with their children about subjects often thought to be intellectually or emotionally off limits.... Read More

Amazon’s recent efforts to discourage warehouse workers from joining a union in Bessemer, Alabama, has sparked renewed interest in this country’s many battles between powerful corporations and their blue-collar workforce. Alas, with... Read More

One of our favorite books of the March/April 2021 issue introduced us to John Mack, a brilliant author and top Harvard Medical School psychiatrist who inexplicably developed an obsession with alien abduction—and nearly lost his career... Read More

We’re always on the lookout for stellar romantic fantasies, so when Eileen Gonzalez’s review ofDaughter of the Salt King came back with an emphatic STAR, we jumped at the opportunity to connect Eileen with Salt King‘s talented... Read More

Bookseller Shaun Bythell can be famously curmudgeonly about his customers. But while reflecting on his shop’s second lockdown, he’s discovered something surprising. The owner of The Bookshop, the largest second-hand bookshop in... Read More