History is a nag. All that moralizing about being condemned to repeat the past if we don’t remember it, when we all know history is a set of agreed-upon lies written by the winners. Not to mention the reason it’s called history and... Read More

Reviewer Michelle Anne Schingler Talks Speculative Invasion with Chana Porter, Author of The Seep / With an eye on Martin Luther King Jr. Day this upcoming Monday, let’s take a moment to ponder how he would have reacted to the current... Read More

Last week, a British court ruled that ethical veganism qualified as a philosophical belief under British law, and that ethical vegans deserve the same protections as those who hold religious beliefs. Consider us pleasantly shocked. And... Read More

2019 marked a banner year of Foreword This Week interviews between reviewers and authors, including a handful of conversations about new health and wellness books. For this first installment of the new year, we searched the 2019 archives... Read More

As book people with a proper sense of history, we’ve always been fascinated by the literary salons of 17th and 18th century Paris. These social gatherings of intellectuals and haute bourgeoisie were instrumental in fueling the... Read More

The ability, the skill, the gift of speaking two or more languages is astounding to many of us with only one tongue rattling around in our heads. What’s it like to have a whole new vocabulary to describe the world, when every object... Read More

Conflicting, confusing, and crazymaking—that’s how many people describe the diet and nutrition information put out by our government, the medical industry, and any number of expert authors. Is beef okay in moderation? How ‘bout... Read More

Pablo Picasso is quoted as saying, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” Many of us may recall answering the standard elementary school question of “What do you want to be when you grow... Read More