Adam the Ape Teaches Empathy for All Beings
Adam the Ape by Wolfgang Wambach is an exciting adventure novel with hand-drawn illustrations for readers eight to fourteen years old. It follows a boy named Kenny who is unable to verbally speak, so he... Read More
The Fundamentals
BOOK BY LYDIA GORDON The Fundamentals, by Lydia Gordon, explores the influence of fundamentalist religion on a small-town community, told through the perspectives of three women. Alexa Moss is a humanist, an architect, and a... Read More
Behaving Decently: Kurt Vonnegut’s Humanism
BOOK BY WAYNE LAUFERT HUMANIST PRESS, 2022 In Kurt Vonnegut’s most famous novel, Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), the protagonist, Billy Pilgrim, has become “unstuck in time,” moving uncontrollably between various periods and places in his life—primarily three:... Read More
On Death, Dying, and Disbelief
BOOK BY CANDACE GORHAM PITCHSTONE PUBLISHING, 2021 As humans, most of us—especially after the last couple of pandemic years—have experienced the loss of a loved one. As humanists, we know how difficult it can be... Read More
Study Reveals More Defined Picture of Our Civically Active Humanist Community
Recently, I joined the authors of Secular Surge: The New Fault Line in American Politics for a panel discussion about their new book. Like any good student, I read the book in preparation, which led... Read More
Book Excerpt: On Death, Dying, and Disbelief
Attending the Women of Color Beyond Belief conference for the first time, I did not know what to expect. New to the secular community, I appreciated having a space to draw on my experiences as... Read More
BOOK PREVIEW | If You Exist: In Search of a Reader Deep in the Future
BY LILIAN MOATS THREE ARTS PRESS, AUGUST 2021 If You Exist is a personal message written, not to currently living, but rather future descendants, who may find it many generations in the future. The aging... Read More