The Taming of the Shrew used to be one of my favorite plays by Shakespeare. I […]
The Angel Makers, by Jessica Gregson
Sari has always been an outsider in her small Hungarian village. Before World War I […]
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Barry Maxwell provides books for the homeless in Austin. (LitHub) Scholars have been working on […]
Miss Lonelyhearts, by Nathanael West
I’ve always wondered how advice columnists keep doing their jobs. They hear so many awful […]
The Winter Witch, by Paula Brackston
Morgana does not speak, not since her father disappeared when she was a young child. […]
A Venn Diagram of Nerdiness; Or, My Cat Lady Problems Meet My Bookworm Problems
Usually, owning cats is a delight. But sometimes, cats are not conducive to the reading […]
The Devil’s Cold Dish, by Eleanor Kuhns
Jealousy is a terrible, powerful emotion. In The Devil’s Cold Dish, Eleanor Kuhns shows us just […]
The Nutmeg Tree, by Margery Sharp
Margery Sharp’s The Nutmeg Tree has one of the best opening chapters I’ve read in a […]
The Witch Who Came in from the Cold, by Various Authors
The Cold War has proved fertile ground for writers, even more than twenty years after […]
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Elizabeth Allen recounts her experiences with the Joyce fandom while trying to read Ulysses. (Book Riot) […]