All Over Now We Know Why A new "Hunger Games" prequel answers some questions and challenges us about our role amid the world' evils. Erica Hobbs 8 Apr 2025 · 4 min read
All Over Survival Is No Joke In Boris Fishman's new novel about a family escaping civil war and totalitarianism. Paul Bass 27 Mar 2025 · 6 min read
All Over Get This Bread A fresh book by baker and writer Jim Franks frames culinary experimentation as a coping tactic for existential dread. Izzy True 10 Mar 2025 · 1 min read
Books What We Owe The Dogs We "Own" In his new poetry collection, Reginald Dwayne Betts questions who's in control Laura Glesby 3 Mar 2025 · 3 min read
Books A Raw, Poetic Journey of Identity, Rebellion, and Self-Discovery How much of who we are is defined by the world around us, and how much of it is something we must create for ourselves? Aria Aber explores identity in this debut coming of age novel. Vita Hewitt 21 Feb 2025 · 4 min read
Philadelphia Reasons Why I Hate Spotify "Mood Machine," journalist Liz Pelly's new book, lays out how a Swedish ad-tech company swallowed the music industry with the help of major labels. Izzy True 13 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
All Over Power To The Novelist A search for Black Panther truth -- through fiction. Paul Bass 10 Feb 2025 · 5 min read
Oakland California Against the Sea: Rosanna Xia Takes the High Road on Sea Level Rise An author's chat at Clio's Books offers a clear-eyed look at the storms brewing outside. Frederick Noland 5 Nov 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven The Sound Waves The History of Sound: Stories By Ben Shattuck Viking July 9, 2024 306 pages It’s a long story. And 12 short stories. Ben Shattuck tells those dozen stories in Paul Bass 28 Aug 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland What You Don’t Know: A Childhood Memoir What You Don’t Know Will Make a Whole New World Dorothy Lazard Heyday Books Frederick Noland 7 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
All Over Brill Battles Bots To Rescue Truth The Death Of Truth: How Social Media and the Internet Gave Snake Oil Salesmen and Demagogues the Weapons They Needed To Destroy Trust and Polarize the World — And What We Paul Bass 20 Jun 2024 · 7 min read
Oakland How Geology Shaped A City Deep Oakland: How Geology Shaped A City, by Andrew Alden, published by Heyday Books. Frederick Noland 22 May 2024 · 1 min read