REVIEW: Bitter, Sweet: How to Heal Yourself When Your Family Is Broken by Stephanie Weaver June 12, 2026 Bitter, Sweet explores the devastating impact of child sexual abuse on its survivors. Read full story →
REVIEW: Correction: Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of Change by Ben Austen June 12, 2026 Ben Austen incorporates stunning statistics and thoughtful analysis to tell the story of America’s long, sordid infatuation with incarceration. Read full story →
REVIEW: United States of Rejection: A Story of Love, Hate, and Hope by Alison Kinney June 12, 2026 United States of Rejection pushes your thinking about how much of American life centers on the idea of rejecting others. Read full story →
REVIEW: Take This For the Pain: Essays on Writing and Life by Alex Boyd June 12, 2026 Boyd’s selections showcase a writing life that is also intimately shaped by reading. Read full story →
REVIEW: Rough House by Alison Lyn Miller June 12, 2026 Rough House raises some troubling questions even as it artfully and diligently provides answers to many others. Read full story →
REVIEW: Monster of a Land: On the Road in Search of Modern America by Lauren Hough June 12, 2026 Monster of a Land …. is a book about looking, really looking, at a country and its people. Read full story →
REVIEW: Other People’s Mothers by Julie Marie Wade June 12, 2026 These nine essays stand like identical houses on identical lots: the magic is in each interior. Read full story →
REVIEW: Writing During the Apocalypse: Reflections on the Great Unraveling by Ed Simon June 12, 2026 Simon uses a remarkable breadth of research: history, technology, climate change, health…. Read full story →
REVIEW: A Prescription for Burnout by Carolyn Roy-Bornstein June 12, 2026 This book is the culmination of [a] this lifetime of care. Read full story →
REVIEW x2: Take It From Me by Alia Hannah Habib & Verb Your Enthusiasm by Sarah L. Kaufman June 12, 2026 Habib and Kaufman, in different but surprisingly complementary ways, have penned craft books worthy of my and (hopefully your) bookshelf. Read full story →