Book Clubs: 5 Important Benefits To Inspire Your Writing
You have probably heard of Reese Witherspoon’s book club at some point over the years. In fact, recently you may have noticed that the mega popular,...
I Am My Best Self on Tripadvisor
A Visit to Monk’s House by Gunnhild Øyehaug Alcea was the first to write on Tripadvisor. She wrote that she was planning a little visit to...
8 Action-Packed Novels About Art Heists
The fine art world is one of sophistication, wealth, and beauty, a fertile atmosphere for chronicles of intrigue— of artists who will create guileful forgeries for...
The Playful Postcards of Lucia Berlin and Kenward Elmslie
Kenward Elmslie was an award-winning poet, lyricist, literary magazine editor, and opera librettist whose work thrived in collaboration with other writers, musicians, and visual artists. Elmslie,...
My Name Is A Direct Line To A Colonizing Ancestry I Still Benefit From
About twenty pages into Sofia Samatar’s memoir The White Mosque, Sigmund Freud appears, sitting in a train compartment late at night. Up to this point, Samatar’s...
In “I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself,” a Cruel Form of Public Shaming Has Replaced Prisons
Marisa Crane’s debut novel I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself is set outside of our reality: in an America where a cruel form of public shaming has...
The William Trevor Reader: “Autumn Sunshine”
Sometimes I think I ask too much of short stories. I will forgive a lot of flaws in novels, for novels are an essentially imperfectible artform....
Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Brandon-Croft, Tate, Millner, and More
Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new release titles from Barbara Brandon-Croft, Dizz Tate, Maggie Millner, and more—that are publishing this week. Want to learn more about upcoming...
Purple Prose – What It Is And How to Avoid It
Although purple prose sounds pretty and like a way you would want your writing described, it’s actually not a good thing to have your writing described...
Nina Simone Reminds Me to Suffer No Fools
On the album cover for Black Gold by Nina Simone The afro is omnipresent, like skyline, like the raspiness of its owner, Nina, who is a...
