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'New Happy': An Interview with Stephanie Harrison
Watch our hour-long interview with Stephanie Harrison on her new book New Happy: Getting Happiness Right in a World That's Got It Wrong.
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Women's History Month: Lion's Tooth
Porchlight Book Company is proud to be a woman-owned company. Here in Milwaukee, we’re also lucky to be in company with a growing number of fellow woman-owned bookstores. In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re proud to highlight these community change-makers.
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Women's History Month: Niche Book Bar
Porchlight Book Company is proud to be a woman-owned company. Here in Milwaukee, we’re also lucky to be in company with other woman-owned bookstores. In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re proud to highlight these community change-makers.
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Women's History Month: La Revo Books
Porchlight Book Company is proud to be a woman-owned company. Here in Milwaukee, we’re also lucky to be in company with a growing number of fellow woman-owned bookstores. In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re proud to highlight these community change-makers.
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Women's History Month: Rooted MKE
Porchlight Book Company is proud to be a woman-owned company. Here in Milwaukee, we’re also lucky to be in company with a growing number of fellow woman-owned bookstores. In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re proud to highlight these community change-makers.
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The Best Big Ideas & New Perspectives Books of 2024
Humans are social beings designed for connection.
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The Best Narrative & Biography Books of 2024
These five books reveal overlooked parts of our history and the forces shaping our lives, encouraging us to confront adversity to make the world a better place.
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The 2023 Porchlight Business Book Awards | Big Ideas & New Perspectives
These are the books selected for the 2023 Big Ideas & New Perspectives category, curated by Porchlight's Managing Editor Jasmine Gonzalez.
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The 2023 Porchlight Business Book Awards | Narrative & Biography
These are the books selected for the 2023 Narrative & Biography category, curated by Porchlight's Managing Editor Jasmine Gonzalez.
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Inside the 2022 Longlist | Big Ideas & New Perspectives
When we take a look beyond our own front doors to learn from the world around us, we might find that the ideas that feel like mere pipe dreams now can—and in some places, already have—become our reality.
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Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America
In her review of Bad Law, Isabel Behling discusses how Elie Mystal blends sharp wit with insightful critiques of ten laws that perpetuate injustice and inequality in the United States today.
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The Everything War: Amazon's Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power
Dana Mattoli's book, The Everything War, uncovers Amazon's harmful impact on small businesses and underscores the need to shop local and invest in our communities.
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Time Anxiety: The Illusion of Urgency and a Better Way to Live
In Time Anxiety, author and entrepreneur Chris Guillebeau explores how we perceive and manage our time, prompting readers to reassess their relationship with time in unexpected ways.
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Church Camp: Bad Skits, Cry Night, and How White Evangelicalism Betrayed a Generation
Theologian Cara Meredith deconstructs the existing framework of the evangelical church camp experience, offering a hopeful direction that fosters a sense of community and inclusion instead of fear.
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Make Magic: The Book of Inspiration You Didn't Know You Needed
Brad Meltzer's new book reminds us to show up as our best selves while recognizing and supporting each other's potential.
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From These Roots: My Fight with Harvard to Reclaim My Legacy
Tamara Lanier's memoir compels readers to confront challenging questions about American history and the profound, lasting impact of slavery on our society.
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We Need Your Art: Stop Messing Around and Make Something
Amie McNee guides readers in recognizing and expressing their creativity in a meaningful and sustainable way.
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Memory Lane: The Perfectly Imperfect Ways We Remember
According to psychology professors Ciara Greene and Gillian Murphy, what we often view as flaws in our memory processes are actually some of our brains’ most powerful features.
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Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America's Largest Meatpacking Company
Reporter Alice Driver highlights the courage and determination of immigrant workers in their fight against the largest meatpacking company in America.
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Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS
Propaganda Girls highlights the lives of four remarkable women during World War II and emphasizes the importance of a workplace culture that champions employee autonomy.
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Sun & Ssukgat: The Korean Art of Self-Care, Wellness & Longevity
Michelle Jungmin Bang writes that the keys to health and longevity are found in timeless recipes and wisdom passed down through generations and in the community bonds we create.
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Close to Home: The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door
Exploring the species in our backyard can lead to scientific discovery and environmental conservation, writes natural historian Thor Hanson.
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The Good Mother Myth: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas about How to Be a Good Mom
Nancy Reddy challenges the common misconceptions about being a "good" mom, emphasizing that everyone thrives best in a supportive community rather than in isolation.
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Bread and Milk
In her memoir, Swedish novelist Karolina Ramqvist dives headfirst into the complex relationship between a woman and what she chooses to eat.
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Who Better Than You?: The Art of Healthy Arrogance & Dreaming Big
Film and television producer Will Packer shares lessons from his life and career, reminding us that while the road to success isn’t always straightforward, it can certainly be interesting.
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More Than Words: How to Think about Writing in the Age of AI
Writing teacher John Warner posits that the innately human ability to think and feel makes us irreplaceable in the age of artificial intelligence.
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How to Raise a Citizen (and Why It's Up to You to Do It)
In her new book, political science professor Lindsey Cormack delivers a practical guide for cultivating civic engagement in young people.
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Love Is My Favorite Flavor: A Midwestern Dining Critic Tells All
In her memoir, Wini Moranville recounts her decades-long career in the food industry and celebrates the magic of everyday moments of human connection.
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The Outsider Advantage: Because You Don't Need to Fit in to Win
Fashion designer and entrepreneur Ciera Rogers inspires anyone who has felt underestimated to tap into their innate talents and personal experiences to create their unique path to success.
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The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging
Through compelling science reporting and storytelling, journalist Julia Hotz investigates the profound impact of social connections and community engagement on our health.
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Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real about the End
Alua Arthur’s exploration of mortality and stories about the end of life reveal the wonder that it is to be alive, and offer us a reminder to revel in it.
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Puerto Rico: A National History
Jorell Meléndez-Badillo provides an insightful overview of Puerto Rico's history, highlighting its people's resilience and exploring the possibilities of its future.
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Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down
Sociologist Corey Keyes demonstrates that flourishing doesn’t require an overhaul of our entire life but a steady practice of interpersonal connection and finding joy in the simple things.
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Chinese Prodigal: A Memoir in Eight Arguments
In his debut memoir, David Shih weaves his personal narrative with the history of a racially divided nation, shining light on the complexity of Asian American identity.
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The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work
Simone Stolzoff reminds us that work is only a single facet of our lives—when we nourish the other identities that reside within us, we are much better for it.
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Days at the Morisaki Bookshop: A Novel
There are many love letters to books out there, but what Satoshi Yagisawa celebrates in this novel is not just books themselves, but how books can transform us.
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Korea: A New History of South and North
Victor Cha and Ramon Pacheco Pardo offer readers a solid foundation on the histories of North and South Korea that will add much-needed context to any conversation on Korean politics and culture.
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The Case for Good Jobs: How Great Companies Bring Dignity, Pay, and Meaning to Everyone's Work
Good jobs can be hard to find. But, as I learned early in life, they can also be found in the most unexpected of places. MIT Sloan professor Zeynep Ton has a new book explaining how they're created.
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Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul
By introducing new categories of changemakers, Dorcas Cheng-Tozun encourages readers to identify their passions and then leverage them to create change, rather than abiding by a one-size-fits-all ideal.
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Birth: Three Mothers, Nine Months, and Pregnancy in America
“This is the birth system that most expectant mothers encounter in America,” Rebecca Grant writes in the opening of her new book, Birth. “But what if it could be different?”