For sailors seeking safe passage, the open ocean can be a scary place thanks to gales and hurricanes, British warships, Nazi submarines—and dragons and the Bermuda Triangle, if you believe in that sort of thing. Which is why, over the... Read More

In today’s conversation, Editor-in-Chief Michelle Schingler coaxes Bar Fridman-Tell into revealing a fascinating source of anxiety, one that Bar shares with other principled writers who retell myths and folk tales while striving to... Read More

It takes a village to help an LGBTQ+ teenager come out—in addition to a robust bookshelf. Fortunately, those human and literary resources are becoming easier to find. Unfortunately, we still live in a world where condemnation and... Read More

In today’s interview, Willem Marx asks Lisanna Wallance the dinner table question that has vexed American parents for decades: “Do you have any ideas or theories as to why [a] conflict between what’s good for you and what tastes... Read More

With her sharply-written starred review ofThe Shipikisha Club in Foreword’s March/April issue, Meg Nola introduces us to the remarkable Mubanga Kalimamukwento, a five-time author and University of Minnesota PhD student (Gender, Women... Read More

“I know this sounds glib, but I don’t think of literary writing as communication so much as I think of it as making art with language.” —Maya Jewell Zeller, author of Raised by Ferns Glib or not, thank you Maya Jewell Zeller for... Read More

Being that it’s State of the Union week, we thought you might enjoy hearing from Michelle about the current state of our book-happy affairs. Enjoy. You’ve been at Foreword full time for over ten years. What do you love about the job?... Read More

“Approaching the spiritual in world art is to approach the spiritual in ourselves.” You would be hard pressed to find someone who would argue that the experience of religion and spirituality couldn’t be elevated by art.... Read More