What we call science fiction is a conundrum—considering the fact that cell phones, the internet, 3D printing, and so much else in our world would have qualified as the stuff of science fiction only fifty years ago. So, what is sci-fi?... Read More

We’re a fearful species, us humans. Even in this age of relative peace and prosperity, our fight or flight instinct is honed so keenly even unexpected loud noises cause us to jump out of our boots. Thankfully, we’re not often chased... Read More

As the creative geniuses behind graphic novels continue to push the genre in unexpected, sometimes ill-advised directions—The Scratch-n-Sniff Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man Cookbook, anyone?—we’ve spotted a bit of a trend in the way... Read More

What makes a great children’s book? Based on the number of picture books released every year, it seems just about everybody thinks they know the right formula. But, no, it’s not all that easy to create a beautifully illustrated, well... Read More

Here in Foreword’s editorial office, every so often a book comes along with a title that raises our eyebrows. Such was the case with Oxford University Press’s American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, and Technology. “What the hell,” we... Read More

Reviewer Katie Asher Talks Sorrow and Scalded Rye Bread with Karen Babine, Author of All the Wild Hungers: A Season of Cooking and Cancer / Have you felt it yet—the urge to know more about your parents and their parents and your... Read More

Let’s pause from our usual tendency to prattle playfully in these introductions, because this week’s subject is deadly serious. In the midst of freezing winter temperatures, imagine sleeping in a car tonight because your family was... Read More

Not that we’d come to any conclusions, but isn’t it interesting how many quirky, eccentric, disconnected, socially-awkward people end up as writers and artists? What is it about those intensely personal creative pursuits that seems... Read More