Reviewer Danielle Ballantyne interviews Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem, Author of Ironhead, or, Once a Young Lady / Historical novels can open up windows to the past, but they can also give us new perspectives on the present. “There is... Read More

Novelists are artists, to be sure, but that flattering description too often overshadows the plain ol’ hard work of research, pounding out sentences, self editing, and maintaining discipline required to finish a quality manuscript.... Read More

Are you feeling like a toddler of late? It’s no surprise because, in disciplinary terms, COVID has basically scolded then sent you to bed without any supper—and without the opportunity to plead, “no mom, it wasn’t my fault.”... Read More

When it happens—and it will happen—we can’t say we weren’t warned. No, we’re not talking about hair loss. What we’re pointing to are all the warnings about something much more serious, perhaps even to the tune of hundreds of... Read More

One of the consequences of a hot and bothered planet is that human migration will surely be the most intractable, life-threatening issue of the coming decades. Dwindling water supplies, food security, and the accompanying violent... Read More

When we launched Foreword This Week all those years ago, the mission we assigned ourselves was to connect Foreword reviewers with the most unforgettable authors we cover in the magazine—to banter and challenge and jovially engage in... Read More

Okay, sport, hungrily scanning the menu at your favorite café, would you order the Salad Only the Devil Would Eat? Considering the Devil’s svelte figure, this recipe comes highly recommended: bitterbrush, burro weed, jumping cholla,... Read More

Shame on all you nebulous, all-purpose words—having sacrificed your uniqueness, what do you have now that your true meaning is lost to the ages? Take “nature,” that most lovely of ideas now defined to exclude humans and things... Read More