At first glance, Chelsea Green Publishing’s Instagram account is a bevy of beavers, bone broths, and biodynamic farms. The account’s voice is friendly, enthusiastic, and witty. The social media manager interacts with fans using a series of emojis and nature puns. No matter how cute the marketing strategy of a publishing company, its books almost
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Review: The Cooking Gene by Michael Twitty
Reading this book is important for people who cook as well as people who don’t (like me). The Cooking Gene follows Michael Twitty’s journey—what he calls his “Southern Discomfort Tour”—to uncover his family tree. Since slavery in the United States relentlessly tore families apart and treated humans like chattel, this is no small task and
Advanced Review: Vox by Christina Dalcher
**I was sent an advanced reader’s copy of Vox by Christina Dalcher by Berkley Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, with a request for a review and rating.** Vox is set in a dystopian, near future America, with all the trappings of a feminist cautionary tale. The country has been taken over by religious fundamentalists:
Write. Publish. Repeat. (and review)
In my grad program we learned woefully little about self-publishing. (There, I said it.) So in an effort to understand an ever-increasing segment of the book market, I selected Write. Publish. Repeat by Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant, and David Wright as a first non-podcasting examination of the process. Writing is an art, and publishing is
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After it’s won so many awards, another Killers of the Flower Moon review might not be necessary, but if it convinces you to read it I’ve done my job. The book blipped onto my radar after winning the Indies Choice Book Awards for nonfiction, and minutes after I used my Audible credit to get the audiobook I was
Book Review: Sister of Darkness
Rachel Stavis calls herself the “only non-denominational exorcist” working today. I’ve also recently learned that she’s apparently known as an exorcist to the stars, working as a screenwriter in Los Angeles and exorcising entities from actors and anyone else who needs it as a side gig (but a pay-what-you-want side gig). To be clear, this