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For anyone who needs to hear this: It's a perfect day to treat yourself to a new book, no matter how many you have unread on your shelves! <3

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In Ada Zhang’s short story collection The Sorrows of Others, people of all ages confront personal and cultural losses.

Throughout the book, Chinese and Chinese American people face an age-old problem: loneliness in the company of others. Whether contemplating their relationships with spouses, roommates, former friends, or parents, each character is faced with difficult decisions regarding where to live, whom to live with, how to deal with the painful past, and whom to forgive.

Read the whole review on our website here: https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/the-sorrows-of-others/?fbclid=IwAR3yQO015UEX0BDEHFB08lkK34SKLECrmP7ElmgsPSr5hpZ4eL8wA_fq-rw

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Petit Interview With Lucianne Tonti!

Foreword Reviews is so excited to share another Petit Interview! This time with the ever-brilliant Lucianne Tonti, author of "Sundressed: Natural Fabrics and the Future of Clothing." Tonti is the fashion editor of The Saturday Paper and a regular contributor to The Guardian where she writes the series Closet Clinic.

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HARPER COLLINS STRIKE

An update on the HarperCollins strike after a tentative agreement between HarperCollins and Local 2110 of the United Auto Workers! They've released separate, identical statements Thursday night. Read more at NPR!

Image Description: Attendees at BookExpo America visit the HarperCollins Publishers booth in New York on May 28, 2015. Mark Lennihan/AP

HarperCollins and striking union reach tentative agreement

HarperCollins Publishers and the union representing around 250 striking employees reached a tentative agreement providing increases to entry

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Even when she was a small child in the early 1980s, in Copenhagen, Marie Arleth Skov was fascinated by the look of punks. In this installment of #ForewordThisWeek, she's here to regale us with a few stories about those punksters of the recent past!

Check back with us every week for these great interviews with indie authors.

Reviewer Meg Nola Interviews Marie Arleth Skov, Author of Punk Art History

What are the ripe conditions for a painter or poet, novelist or songwriter to create a compelling work of art, one that goes beyond aestheti

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It's hard to be surprised by headlines now-a-days.

Although, amidst an unprecedented assault on libraries & literature, this recent news from Montana seems alarming.

The Montana State Library Commission voted to withdraw from the American Library Association due to comments made by the incoming president, Emily Drabinski, who described herself as a "Marxist lesbian" in a now-deleted Tweet. The commission argued that their duty to the Constitution prevented them from associating with a Marxist-led organization.

In a release, the American Library Association offered a matter-of-fact response to the Montana state library commission's decision to withdraw. "ALA presidents are elected by its membership to serve a term of one year and make decisions facing the membership in concert with a 15-member elected executive board and a 131-member elected council," the statement notes. However, they did not go as far as to defend Drabinski, an accomplished and highly respected librarian who has since been targeted by right-wing political forces.

The Montana Library Association expressed deep regret over the commission's decision, highlighting the loss of essential training and resources for library professionals in the state. They called for reconsideration, emphasizing the importance of serving the public good and the long-term interests of all Montanans.

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Reviewer Rebecca Foster Interviews Matthew Vollmer, Author of All of Us Together in the End

Away with our normal, ever-so-scintillating intros and straight to a challenge: Can you read Matthew Vollmer’s answer to Rebecca Foster’s fi

Away with our normal, ever-so-scintillating intros and straight to a challenge: Can you read Matthew Vollmer’s answer to Rebecca Foster’s first question without coming to a profound new realization about words and thought, seeing and feeling? Give it a shot.

Then read Rebecca’s review of Matthew’s All of Us Together in the End. Then buy the book.

We’re outta here.

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Foreword Reviews is pleased to share a new installment to Petit Foreword, our series of bite-sized interviews with indie authors! This week we were joined by Mike Rothschild, author of "Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories."