Book Talk by the Sea

"We had been through turmoil and upheaval, a national crisis that rocked our confidence and made us question our priorities, but once all...

Having relished Raynor Winn's memoir The Salt Path, which details her trek along the 630-mile South West Coast Path in England with her...

"Sometimes I think of the unbroken line of women, all of the mothers, that ends finally with me—the whole of them wielding forms and...

Graphic novels as a form might be associated more heavily with action and comedy than with emotion, but some recent additions to our...

Milkweed Editions has been responsible for publishing a number of remarkably distinct and breathtaking debut works over the years, and...

Do you have room for some thoughtful whimsy in your to-read pile? Eley Williams' new novel The Liar's Dictionary joins a growing list of...

"I had no idea how much these quiet pleasures had retreated from my life while I was rushing around, and now I'm inviting them back in:...

"Every day I choose to try to do good. Much of the garden is harvested and put away for the winter. I will not forget again that we can...

"When she got back home to Cawber—if she ever got home—she would ask Ruth if she could have a blanket like this, instead of the puffy...

Do you believe in parallel universes? In an infinite number of possibilities for the trajectory of your life? That's the question at the...

"I have to sneak over here in the dark just to have a few words with you. Is that language, or is it noise?" She said, "It's noise that...

“...witchcraft isn’t one thing but many things, all the ways and words women have found to wreak their wills on the world.” - The Once...

If you’ve ever seen a child poring over an encyclopedic book about animals, plants, or other natural phenomenon—fingers ready to point,...