That front cover art is rad. Happy release day!

needles fallen from
pine to porch
sap as fire-starter ignites

*Didn't expect it to show up in this category.

Thank you for the comment. I was drawn to the chance to publish nonfiction that feels deeply human and a story that hadn’t been told but should have been. Tyler’s prologue pulled me in right away. I hope readers see how leadership rooted in empathy and moral courage can still feel radical today.

Against the Current: Father Tom Oddo and the New American Catholic is out now. It’s about a priest, yes—but also about courage, conscience, and the kind of leadership we’re still aching for. #indiepublishing #newnonfiction #booksky

He was a white man in power—and he was radical. He led with empathy. He believed inclusion wasn’t a threat to the Church but its renewal. He moved through the world as if service were an act of faith and love the truest measure of leadership.

That’s why I—an open atheist—chose for my first major nonfiction project to publish a biography of a Catholic priest.

Father Tom Oddo is a man I would have loved to know, and because of Tyler Bieber’s remarkable research and storytelling, I feel a little closer to knowing him.

Love McSweeney’s for showing how the double standard in how we frame violence couldn’t be clearer.

“Reading pushes a person to engage more critically with the material, and history in particular isn’t an easy subject to passively consume.” Yess to all of this. History invites slower, more deliberate engagement. It demands reflection and interpretation, deepening our connection to everything else.