Blog / Staff Picks

The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession

Book Review by Jasmine Gonzalez

For how important teachers are in the development of our children, teaching remains one of the most under-resourced, underpaid, and underappreciated professions in the United States. This is what writer—and substitute teacher—Alexandra Robbins explores in her latest book, The Teachers.

Blog / ChangeThis

Demystifying Grief

By Colin Campbell

Most every society on earth has some form of public display of grief, some public ritual of mourning in which the griever shares their feelings of loss to their community. In order to process and integrate our incomprehensible loss, we need to share our pain, and have it be witnessed and acknowledged.

Blog / New Releases

New Releases | March 14, 2023

By Porchlight

Blog / Book Giveaways

I Am Debra Lee: A Memoir

By Porchlight

A riveting memoir by the former CEO of Black Entertainment Television (BET), about the glamorous and ugly moments of being a high-powered Black woman executive in the entertainment industry.

Blog / News & Opinion

Women's History Month: Rooted MKE

By Jasmine Gonzalez

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.

Blog / Interviews

A Q&A with Johann Hari,
Author of Stolen Focus

By Johann Hari, Rebecca Schwartz

Johann Hari, the author of the 2022 Porchlight Business Book of the Year, recently responded to some questions from our Owner and CEO, Rebecca Schwartz. Here is their conversation.

Blog / ChangeThis

You're Not Bad With Money

By Scarlett Cochran

When you shift your perspective to see money not as good or bad but as a tool to build the life you want, it’s easier to make decisions that align with your goals.

Blog / New Releases

New Releases | March 7, 2023

By Porchlight

Blog / Book Giveaways

Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World

By Porchlight

Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty delivers a powerful combination of memoir, leadership lessons, and big ideas on how we can all drive meaningful change.

Blog / Staff Picks

Continually Working: Black Women, Community Intellectualism, and Economic Justice in Postwar Milwaukee

Book Review by Jasmine Gonzalez

Crystal Marie Moten’s Continually Working is an excellent addition to our historic records and a much-needed honoring of Black women.