This week’s interview pairs our own inhouse editor/reviewer extraordinaire Danielle Ballantyne with Elissa Washuta, a member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and an essayist unlike any we’ve seen before. In her starred review of... Read More

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

A particularly sadistic sort of golf fan tunes into just a couple major tournaments a year because, frankly, they like to see cocky, pampered young millionaires have nervous breakdowns on television. Well, here we are—it’s Masters... Read More

We mere mortals are often mesmerized by the complexity of the world around us, so much of which we don’t understand. And we also reserve that feeling of awe for the brilliant artists, athletes, scientists, and designers walking among... Read More

Let’s skip the intro niceties and jump right to a passage from Meg Nola’sForewordreview to best understand a remarkable criminal justice event that happened in Baltimore soon after the American Civil War: “Historian Gordon H.... 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

If you’re a comics fan, these are the names of legend: Avengers, Conan the Barbarian, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Machine Man, Nick Fury, Savage Sword of Conan, Uncanny X-Men, and graphic novel lovers will surely know... Read More

To be a woman is to recognize the heavily male-centered annals of history as the original fake news. In their disregard and erasure of women’s lives, stories, and accomplishments, male historians have long perpetuated a wicked,... Read More