Beacon Press

09/09/2025

Happy Publication Day, Margeaux Feldman! ❤️‍🩹

TOUCH ME, I’M SICK, their deeply personal memoir that rejects the stigmas of trauma and chronic illness by fostering q***r forms of intimacy and embracing the many ways humans can care for one another, “is medicine” (Kai Cheng Thom - Arise Embodiment Coaching).

09/08/2025

There’s not as much stigma and ignorance about addiction recovery, but Dr. Melody Glenn says we still have a long way to go before we put full use of the solution to the crisis.

Sign up for my newsletter and immediately receive my free guide to the many pathways to recovery, as well as regular updates on new interviews, material, and other writings. Today I’m excited to share my conversation with Melody Glenn, an eme...

09/08/2025

In a time before viral videos and hashtags, activists and cultural critics invoked Eleanor Bumpurs when talking about police brutality. LaShawn Harris has written the first ever biography about her, TELL HER STORY.

Fall is a time for restart and renewal; a reconnection to routines gleefully abandoned during summer. It is also the busiest season for the publishing of “big” books by “big” authors—like the person who could have been America’s first Black and South Asian woman president.  If you had a...

09/08/2025

We’re still seeing the effects of far-right attacks on public schools turning the communal space for learning into a political platform to gain far-right power.

For decades, public schools have been a cornerstone of American learning and civic life. But far-right groups have worked for years to turn these institutions into battlegrounds, pushing to control curricula, ban books, and restrict the rights of marginalized students, while whitewashing history and...

09/05/2025

Grateful to Ms. Magazine for giving Margeaux Feldman’s TOUCH ME, I’M SICK a shout-out in their September roundup!

The best feminist books written by women, Black, brown, AAPI, LGBTQ, Native, disabled, trans, nonbinary writers in September 2025.

09/05/2025

Vibe with us on ☄️COVER REVEAL Friday☄️ for Madeline Vosch!

UNDEAD is her revealing memoir about the complicated truths of surviving a su***de attempt and rethinking the concept of “su***de prevention” to create a world that people want to live in.

Watch this space in April 2026!

Cover design: Louis Roe

09/05/2025

For back-to-school season, Jared Foxs LEARNING ENVIRONMENT is both a powerful narrative on reimagining teaching and learning and a practical guide.

In "Learning Environment," award-winning NYC science teacher Dr. Fox invites readers into his classroom and beyond its walls.

09/04/2025

S*x ed doesn’t have to suck. But when it’s used as a chess piece by the religious right to gain cultural and political high ground, its implementation suffers.

The fight over what s*x ed should cover (and whether it should even be taught at all) has been going on for over a century, and we've barely made any progress.

09/04/2025

Dina Gilio-Whitaker’s WHO GETS TO BE INDIAN? gets a starred review from Publishers Weekly! They say “this incendiary j’accuse isn’t afraid to name names.”

Journalist Gilio-Whitaker (As Long as Grass Grows) exposes how Indian identity is commodified in this provocative takedown of Am...

09/04/2025

Not being able to tell the difference between the truth and misinformation online isn’t just a social media problem. It’s also a democracy problem.

On this episode of the Project Censored Show, Project Censored managing editor Mischa Geracoulis guest hosts, speaking with Heidi Boghosian about her new boo...

09/03/2025

After exploring emergency medicine, Dr. Melody Glenn entered addiction medicine. It saved her from burnout because it gave her a purpose.

Dr. Melody Glenn knows full well that doctors get burned out — even as early as residency. : “Residency is just a very harsh time,” she said. “You talk to any doctor and they grimace when you bring up ‘residency.’ Part of it’s the hours. Part of it’s how the residents are treated. Pa...

09/03/2025

Margeaux Feldman’s book tour kicks off on the same day their memoir, TOUCH ME, I’M SICK, goes on sale!

Starting on September 9, the first leg of their tour covers the west coast. Come join us!