Don’t have a party trick? Emily Temple will teach you how to talk like a […]
The Bear and the Nightingale, by Katherine Arden
In The Bear and the Nightingale, by Katherine Arden, creatures and characters from Russian folklore barge […]
You Can’t Write Literature
In his Nobel acceptance speech (which he did not deliver in person), Bob Dylan compared […]
The Butcher’s Hook, by Janet Ellis
Curiosity is a dangerous thing—especially when it’s coupled with amorality as it is in Janet […]
The Cold Eye, by Laura Anne Gilman
I have been eagerly awaiting the released of The Cold Eye, by Laura Anne Gilman, since […]
The Girl in Green, by Derek B. Miller
Like divine revelation, quests aren’t usually something we see in this day and age. That […]
This week on the bookish internet
Whenever people ask why we still have Banned Books Week, I point to stories like […]
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
Alice Walker’s The Color Purple has a reputation. Everyone someone asked what I was reading this week, […]
Mãn, by Kim Thúy
There are some writers who make me think of the way painters work more than anything […]
A Passage to India, by E.M. Forster
E.M. Forster’s 1924 classic, A Passage to India, is a bitingly caustic look at race relations […]