After reviewing the contents of this issue in search of a recurrent theme in the books we’re featuring, it seems... Read More

Patricia O’Donnell’s stories have appeared in The New Yorker. Her debut novel, Necessary Places, is published by... Read More

Novelist Ira Wood’s book of essays, You’re Married to Her?, was published by Leapfrog Press. Wood and his wife,... Read More

With no retail experience and no business plan, opening a little store to sell used books was initially a way for me to... Read More

Barefoot Books cofounders Nancy Traversy (CEO) and Tessa Strickland (editor-in-chief) discuss why their books are so... Read More

The Autobiography & Memoir genre has taken some lumps in recent years, thanks to authors who embellished the truth... Read More

Love ’em, hate ’em, or try to ignore ’em, politics are a fact of life—and not just in election cycles. In fact,... Read More

Our contemplation of the natural world can sometimes have the effect of awakening aspects of our interior realm. We... Read More

“Our ‘real evolution’ will be in the ability of consciousness to break out of individual pockets … and phase... Read More

When pondering the tremendously difficult questions about how great novels are created, it is instructive to remember... Read More

Tristan Gooley has led expeditions on three continents, climbed mountains in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and flown and... Read More

A female firefighter who rappels out of helicopters and slogs through swamps to help people in distress. A woman who... Read More