From the earliest days in nurseries and playgrounds as toddlers to the mischief of K–12 on into young adulthood, girls are subjected to a barrage of gender role messages, as well as quite overt resistance from boys and society about... Read More

Executive Editor Matt Sutherland Interviews Kate Kelly, Author of Ordinary Equality: The Fearless Women and Queer People Who Shaped the US Constitution and the Equal Rights Amendment / For women, minorities, all other marginalized... Read More

Reviewer Pallas McCorquodale Interviews Paul Aertker, Author of The Crime Travelers Series and Posthumous / We’re always excited to connect our talented reviewers with the authors of books they’ve reviewed in the pages of Foreword... Read More

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